A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PATTERNS OF NEWS COVERAGE BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RADIO STATIONS IN LAGOS STATE (A CASE STUDY OF EKO FM AND TOP RADIO)

📄 Project Abstract

Comparative analysis of pattern of news coverage between public and private radio station a study of Eko FM and Top Radio in Lagos state was examined in this study. Codebook and code sheet were used as the instrument for data collection for this study. The research makes use of a content analysis and framing analysis in order to analyze the textual data both quantitatively and qualitatively. Findings from the analysis revealed that the length of news report of Eko FM 89.7 is longer than that of Top Radio 90.9 and this will influence the level of prominence and the perceived importance of their news by the audience. Secondly, both stations focused more on socio-economic reports, however, aside socio-economic reports, Eko 89.6 FM tend to report more political issues than Top Radio 90.9 FM while on the other side Top Radio 90.9 FM focused more on events report, courts report and other reports. The study also finds out that Top Radio 90.9 FM enjoy a wide range of coverage than Eko FM 89.6,...