
Media Reportage of Kidnapping Cases in Sierra Leone from 2021-2025
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This study examined kidnapping coverage in the Royal Gazette and Sierra Leone Advertiser from 2021 to 2025, focusing on frequency, story type, framing, and prominence. Using agenda-setting and framing theories, and content analysis of 480 editions, results showed kidnapping was rarely covered (6%), mostly as straight news. The dominant frame was political (20.1%), linking kidnappings to politics, while prominence was low (26.2% and 20%). The study concluded that kidnapping receives insufficient attention and recommended that newspapers increase coverage to educate and mobilize the public, avoi...
This study examined kidnapping coverage in the Royal Gazette and Sierra Leone Advertiser from 2021 to 2025, focusing on frequency, story type, framing, and prominence. Using agenda-setting and framing theories, and content analysis of 480 editions, results showed kidnapping was rarely covered (6%), mostly as straight news. The dominant frame was political (20.1%), linking kidnappings to politics, while prominence was low (26.2% and 20%). The study concluded that kidnapping receives insufficient attention and recommended that newspapers increase coverage to educate and mobilize the public, avoiding ethnic or political bias.