Abstract
The role of women in the reportage of military operations against the Boko Haram insurgents and their portrayal in news reports were investigated in this study. Radical Feminist Theory and Feminist Muted Group Theory were used to elucidate the research. Using content analysis, online editions of four Nigerian newspapers―Daily Trust, Premium Times, The Nation, and Vanguard―from January 2014 to December 2016 were investigated to reveal how women were presented in news reports. Findings produced 185 news stories; women were included in 10 % of the total pictures used. Women made up 8 % of the bylines and 4% of the sources, with 59 % of the women mentioned in the news presented as kidnap and rescued victims. The study found an underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in news reports, which were attributed to the male-dominated journalism field that preferred using their male sources to the detriment of issues affecting women.
Highlights
OF THE STUDYWhile watching Whiskey Tango Foxtrot starring Tina Fey in the lead role, and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the movie showed challenges journalists face in covering military operations in Afghanistan and how some lost their lives or body parts in the course of breaking the story
In the midst of these challenges faced by women reporters and women in general during violent conflicts, this study aims to highlight the representation of women in the bylines and pictures that appear in news stories about military operations against Boko Haram in the northeast of Nigeria, and evaluate the occurrences of sources mentioned in these reports by women
The analysis presented is based on news reports about military operations against Boko Haram in Nigeria
Summary
OF THE STUDYWhile watching Whiskey Tango Foxtrot starring Tina Fey in the lead role, and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the movie showed challenges journalists face in covering military operations in Afghanistan and how some lost their lives or body parts in the course of breaking the story. This study documents the contributions and representations of women in newspaper reports about military operations against Boko Haram in the northeast of Nigeria. Others joined the group first as members of a religious community and later as insurgents, while many are targets of its pugnaciously sinister and brutal campaign. Some fight against it within local vigilante units; others play critical roles in relief, rehabilitation and reconciliation efforts; while many displaced by fighting find themselves with new responsibilities in internally displaced people’s shelters or makeshift homes (International Crisis Group, 2016)
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