Tackling Hate Speech on Refugees and Migrants in Nigeria: What can the Media do?
Résumé
The goal of this study was to examine the extent to which the media plays a role in tackling the issue of hate
speech against refugees and migrants and the ways in which the media can effectively tackle it in Nigeria.
The agenda-setting was used as theoretical foundation. A structured questionnaire was used by the
researchers as the tool for their descriptive survey investigation, with 180 journalists as the population of the
study. The results showed that the media plays a role in tackling the issue of hate speech against refugees
and migrants in Nigeria, as 100% of the respondents confirmed. Regarding the extent, 54.3% of them
revealed that the media plays a role in tackling the issue of hate speech against refugees and migrants to a
moderate extent. Further results showed that the media can effectively tackle the issue of hate speech
against refugees and migrants in certain ways as identified in the study. The theoretical, practical, and
policy implications of this study have been stated in this study.
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