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Tackling Hate Speech on Refugees and Migrants in Nigeria: What can the Media do?

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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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hal-04562196 , version 1 (28-04-2024)

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Etumnu Emeka Williams, Okpongkpong Grace, Oladele Victor Inioluwa, Ukpong Edikan Nseobong. Tackling Hate Speech on Refugees and Migrants in Nigeria: What can the Media do?. Scope, 2024, 14 (1), pp.83-95. ⟨hal-04562196⟩
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