%0 Journal Article
%T Everything¡¯s negative about Nigeria: A study of US media reporting on Nigeria
%A Jacqueline Skarda-Mitchell
%A Oluseyi Adegbola
%A Sherice Gearhart
%J Global Media and Communication
%@ 1742-7673
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1742766518760086
%X Previous research on international communication cites under-reporting and negative coverage as major problems of Western media reporting of the African continent. These problems are present specifically in US television coverage of African countries. Utilising agenda-setting and media framing theory, this study content analyses US television media coverage of Nigeria, Africa¡¯s largest economy and most populous nation, in two 5-year time periods, 2005¨C2009 and 2010¨C2014. Reports broadcast by the big three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) were coded for issues, sources, valence, and frames (N£¿=£¿643). Results corroborate existing research regarding the predominance of episodic frames and negative coverage across time periods. New findings concerning coverage of Nigeria by Western media organisations are discussed
%K Agenda-setting
%K framing
%K Nigeria
%K television news
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1742766518760086