Modelling the impact of Safety Threats on Professional Journalistic reporting of Protests by Indigenous People of Biafra among Nigerian Journalists
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2023
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Taylor and Francis Group
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This study aimed to determine the impact of safety
challenges on professional journalistic reporting of IPOB
protests in Nigeria. A total of 400 Nigerian journalists who
were covering IPOB activities were surveyed. Data were
analysed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA),
multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) and
correlational analysis. The result of the study showed that
journalists recovering IPOB activities in South East Nigeria
faced safety challenges both online (verbal abuse, threat of
attack, personal messages of harassment and reputational
threats) and offline (physical attacks, harassment, damage
to working devices) safety challenges. Additional results
showed that women faced more safety challenges online
than men, but men faced more offline safety challenges
than women. Put together, women faced both online and
offline safety challenges more than men. Also, journalists in
private media outfits faced offline challenges than their
counterparts in public media stations who faced more
online safety challenges. Put together, journalists in private
media stations faced more safety challenges than those in
public media outfits. Safety challenges impact professional
journalistic reporting in the area of routines, orientation
and autonomy. Training was found to be an efficient way
of assisting journalists to better handle risky assignments.
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Verlumun Celestine Gever, Felix Olajide Talabi, Ayodeji Boluwatife Aiyesimoju, Samson Adedapo Bello, Prosper Nunayon Zannu, Joshua Kayode Okunade & Peter Nwokolo (2023): Modelling the impact of safety threats on professional journalistic reporting of protests by Indigenous People of Biafra among Nigerian journalists, The Journal of International Communication,