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- Title
MASS MEDIA AND MISINFORMATION OF CONFLICT REPORTAGE: A CALL FOR PEACE ORIENTED JOURNALISM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA.
- Authors
KAIGAMA, Kwapsoni Pius
- Abstract
Africa as a continent recorded a series of conflicts which hindered meaningful developmental policies from being implemented. It is no longer news that conflict thwarts socio-economic development. It has been documented that whenever there is conflict, developmental processes are crippled either directly or indirectly. Mass media whose roles is to educate, entertain and enlighten the people on developmental issues plays a vital role in information dissemination regarding issues, events and happenings around the environment, even in conflict situation, which triggers human interest and stimulates curiosity especial among the people affected. Disseminating such information, in this regards, requires a high sense of professionalism in other not to misinform the public which may lead to fuelling and escalating more conflict rather than mitigating it. The present paper, therefore, calls for professionalism in reporting conflict and conflict related issues by media practitioner across Africa. The paper qualitatively collected data mainly from secondary sources such as textbooks, journals, newspapers, magazines, internet and other relevant documents. Anchored on the social responsibility theory to provide support for the study in explaining the needs for the media to set agenda on developmental issues and be objective, balanced, unbiased and credible in reporting conflict and conflict related issues. Conclusively, the paper calls for professionalism among media practitioners in their conflict related reportage. The paper, therefore, recommends that there is need for trained and professional journalists in reporting conflict related issues. This will, in turn, help in achieving the goal nine (9) of the AU Agenda 2063 which is targeted at "Silencing the gun by 2020" to end all wars, conflict and gender-based violence, prevent genocide and achieve desired sustainable development across Africa.
- Subjects
AFRICA; MASS media; SUSTAINABLE development; CURIOSITY; SHOOTINGS (Crime); GENDER-based violence; INFORMATION dissemination; OBJECTIVITY in journalism; GENOCIDE
- Publication
International Journal of Communication Research, 2023, Vol 13, Issue 4, p274
- ISSN
2246-9265
- Publication type
Article