Abstract:This study investigated the agenda setting functions of the West African media in the early response coverage of COVID-19 and the extent of connection between the agenda setting roles and the reportage of the novel virus. Anchored on agenda setting theory, the study employed quantitative content, explication textual and collocation analyses to analyse 944
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