The Nigeria Media has
been advised to inbuild human index development data into political reporting
ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Mr Jide Ojo, a
resource person gave the advise while delivering a presentation at a workshop
organised by the International Press Centre (IPC) for journalists recently in
Enugu.
Presenting a paper
titled "Integrating Socio-Economic and Human Index Development Data into
Political Reporting ahead of 2019 elections" he said that the media had an
onerous role to play in setting the agenda.
He said the media
should ensure that socioeconomic issues as well as human development issues
dominates the agenda to be set.
He also said that as
part of the agenda setting responsibility of the media, it was imperative that
political correspondents ask the right questions from those who would be
contesting the elections.
Similarly, Prof
Chinyere Okunna, another resource person at the workshop said that, there was
the urgent need for the media to stop glamorising violence and hate speech.
Presenting a paper
titled "Conflict Sensitivity and Avoiding Hate Speech as Major Imperatives
in Reporting Ahead 2019" Okunna said that a media system that glamorizes
violence and hate speech totally lacks the capacity to enthrone the tenets of
peace journalism.
She said that in such
regard, the way the media ‘frame’ violence and the desirability of peace, the
types of items (conflict-oriented or peace-promoting) that are placed on the
media agenda, as well as the importance or status conferred on people and
events in conflict situations, could be major factors in determining the
emergence of a culture of peace and the avoidance of hate speech in any society
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