Investigating the Use of the Media in Disseminating Information on Climate Change in North Central Nigeria

Falaki, A. A.; Adegbija, Mosiforeba Victoria

doi:10.5789/7-1-122

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“…The framing of each piece deliberately avoided any debate on the validity of the science of climate change itself. (2013, p. 204) Less frequent are studies that expand our understanding of the different communication channels' roles, as Olausson observes, 'in shaping how citizens understand climate change' (Olausson, 2011, p. 282; also see Falaki & Adegbija, 2013). In other words, most research has looked at media content and not audience reception of the content or engagement in content creation.…”

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Communicating climate change in the Pacific using a bottom-up approach

Harris¹

2014

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While scientific evidence in support of climate change is growing, awareness and education about its effects, especially among vulnerable communities, is lacking, due to language and cultural barriers. Communities are unlikely to respond to government policies promoting mitigation and adaptation strategies without an improved perception of climate change risk at a local level. Mapping the flow of information between decision makers and citizens is an important part of this process. This article broadly explores the communication channels that are being used for awareness and knowledge sharing in the Pacific. At its core, the article discusses a way in which participatory media has been piloted to enable community discussion about issues around climate change in the Pacific Islands. The ‘bottom-up’ approach encourages participation of marginalised groups such as women, youth, and people with disabilities who bring diverse perspectives in content creation. This discursive space enables citizens to share knowledge and acquire better understanding of the impacts on livelihood and culture. However, a strong community network and consistent mentoring support are prerequisites for participatory media to have long term benefits.

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Communicating climate change in the Pacific using a bottom-up approach

Harris¹

2014

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“…Newspapers have for a long time played a crucial role as vehicles of information dissemination on various subjects such as climate change for awareness creation, informing, enabling sharing of experiences, educating and influencing behavioural change (Chand, 2017; Falaki and Adegbija, 2013; Gadzekpo et al, 2018; Harris, 2017; Schmidt et al, 2013; Shrestha, 2002). Newspapers have additional advantages when compared to other mass media as they can be easily stored for longer time for future reference.…”

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Prominence of occurrence accorded to climate change information in Tanzanian newspapers

Siyao

Sife

2020

Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library a

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Study was conducted to analyse degree of prominence that Tanzanian newspapers accorded to climate change information. We argue that the level of prominence accorded to climate change information by Tanzanian newspapers is inadequate. Prioritising the coverage of climate change information in newspapers is important for facilitating its access, promotion and dissemination for awareness creation. Triangulation of quantitative content analysis and in-depth interview method approaches and a sample size of 1600 newspaper editions drawn from six Tanzanian newspapers for a span of 10 years were used. Newspaper editions were quantitatively content analysed and the frequencies at which climate change information articles were placed at the various parts of the newspapers were analysed. Findings indicate that a total of 81,162 articles were published. Of this total, only 684 (0.84%) articles covered climate change information. Furthermore, findings indicate that, of the total 684 climate change information articles, only 53 (7.6%) were placed in the front pages of the six Tanzanian newspapers for all 10 years, giving a yearly average of 5.3 articles for all newspapers and only 1 article for each newspaper per year, whereas the majority (631, 92.25%) of articles in climate change were randomly placed in the inside pages. The Chi-square test ( χ 2 = 10.000; df = 1; p value < 0.002) shows that significant differences exist between the locations of number of articles in front pages and inside pages. The findings suggest that climate change information in Tanzanian newspapers was not given the necessary level of prominence. Study recommends that newspaper media houses should have editorial policy that will ensure that they have a social responsibility of reporting climate change information prominently in their newspapers for wide public access and dissemination. This paper also recommends the need for the provision of specialised trainings such as climate change journalism to news editors, journalists and reporters for equipping them with the good writing styles and skills that will enable them to produce more appealing climate change stories that will attract its front page placement status for setting an agenda in the direction of climate change adaptation, coping and mitigation mechanisms in Tanzania

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“…According to Sachsman (2000) public awareness raising through mass media has played a major alternative role in shaping people's perceptions to and awareness of environmental issues since the 1960s. In addition, community accuracy of knowledge are strong predictors of climate change mitigation and adaptation attitudes, but as with most science-based issues, information about climate change that reaches the public passes first through the mass media (Falaki and Adegbija, 2013).…”

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Role of Community Broadcast Media in the Dissemination of Climate Change Information Among Small-Holder Farmers in Isimani Division, Iringa Rural District

Kapinga,

Siyao,

Sife

et al. 2020

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Broadcast media improve the way people can access information about climate change. This role is undeniable for a country such as Tanzania, which is facing direct impacts of threats of the current and future climate change.This paper is based on a study conducted in Isimani Division, Iringa Rural District, Tanzania. Cross-sectional research design was adopted involving a sample size of 120 respondents. Questionnaires, Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions were used to collect Data. IBM SPSS Statistics software and content analysis were used to analyse data. The findings show that community broadcast media are important channels for accessing and disseminating climate change information for awareness creation on the appropriate adaptation and mitigation mechanisms against the negative impacts of climate change. The recommended adaptation and mitigation strategies include the use of drought-tolerant crops, the use of early maturing varieties, intercropping, the use of organic fertilizers and crops residual management method. However, low income, language barrier, unreliable broadcast network, low education level, inadequate climate change related programmes, and inadequate power supply were challenges that impeded local communities from accessing information on climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. The study recommends that broadcast media owners and journalists in Tanzania should disseminate information for raising community‘s awareness on the aspects regarding adaptation and mitigation mechanisms to the impacts of climate change.

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Investigating the Use of the Media in Disseminating Information on Climate Change in North Central Nigeria

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

Communicating climate change in the Pacific using a bottom-up approach

Communicating climate change in the Pacific using a bottom-up approach

Prominence of occurrence accorded to climate change information in Tanzanian newspapers

Role of Community Broadcast Media in the Dissemination of Climate Change Information Among Small-Holder Farmers in Isimani Division, Iringa Rural District

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