Newspaper Framing of Herdsmen and Farmers Crises in Benue and Plateau States

Abstract

The study looked at how newspapers framed the herdsmen and farmer crises in Nigeria's Plateau and Benue states. It
included discussion of how the media covered the situation. The theory adopted for the discourse of this study is the
agenda setting, which states that media sets agenda for the audience, regarding contemporary developments in the
society. The method of research used was content analysis. According to results, January was featured as the most
prominent month in covering the crises, and the reports stated that the news reports were more framed towards
criminality in Plateau and Benue States. According to the result, newspaper houses should pay more attention in
making sure farmers and herders’ crises in Benue and Plateau becomes more prominent