Is Nigeria working towards eliminating measles? A review of the 2017/2018 Post Measles Campaign Coverage Survey in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Chinonyelu Orji
Keyword(s):  
Campaign Coverage

scholarly journals Introduction to special issue about election reporting: Why journalism (still) matters

Journalism ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 985-993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Cushion ◽  
Daniel Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
News Media ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Campaign Coverage ◽  
Election Coverage ◽  
Social Media Platforms

This introduction unpacks the eight articles that make up this Journalism special issue about election reporting. Taken together, the articles ask: How has election reporting evolved over the last century across different media? Has the relationship between journalists and candidates changed in the digital age of campaigning? How do contemporary news values influence campaign coverage? Which voices – politicians, say or journalists – are most prominent? How far do citizens inform election coverage? How is public opinion articulated in the age of social media? Are sites such as Twitter developing new and distinctive election agendas? In what ways does social media interact with legacy media? How well have scholars researched and theorised election reporting cross-nationally? How can research agendas be enhanced? Overall, we argue this Special Issue demonstrates the continued strength of news media during election campaigns. This is in spite of social media platforms increasingly disrupting and recasting the agenda setting power of legacy media, not least by political parties and candidates who are relying more heavily on sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to campaign. But while debates in recent years have centred on the technological advances in political communication and the associated role of social media platforms during election campaigns (e.g. microtargeting voters, spreading disinformation/misinformation and allowing candidates to bypass media to campaign), our collection of studies signal the enduring influence professional journalists play in selecting and framing of news. Put more simply, how elections are reported still profoundly matters in spite of political parties’ and candidates’ more sophisticated use of digital campaigning.

Freedom and Constraint in Objective Local News Coverage

1988 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
Sarah Russell Hankins
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Local News ◽  
Mayoral Election ◽  
Campaign Coverage ◽  
Economic Constraints

This case study investigates how objective reporting in the 1983 Denver mayoral election may have been influenced by 1) reporters' creativity and advocacy freedom versus 2) ideological and economic constraints of the newspaper. The topic was investigated through content analysis and interviews with news professionals involved in campaign coverage.

scholarly journals Measles Outbreak in Complex Emergency: Estimating Vaccine Effectiveness and Evaluation of the Vaccination Campaign in Borno State, Nigeria, 2019

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Eudes Jean Baptiste ◽  
John Wagai ◽  
Richard Ray Luce ◽  
Balcha Girma Masresha ◽  
Don Klinkenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Screening Method ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Vaccine Effectiveness ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Outbreak Response ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Complex Emergency ◽  
Campaign Coverage ◽  
Measles Outbreaks

Abstract Background: From January to May 2019, large measles outbreaks affected Nigeria. Borno state was the most affected, recording 15,237 suspected cases with the state capital of Maiduguri having 1,125 cases investigated and line-listed by March 2019. In Borno state, 22 of the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs or Districts), including 37 internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps were affected. In response to the situation, an outbreak response immunization (ORI) campaign was conducted in the 13 most affected LGAs. In addition to conventional vaccination teams, special teams were deployed in security compromised areas, areas with migrants, and for nomadic and IDPs. Here we describe the outbreak and the ORI campaign. We also assess the measles-containing vaccine (MCV) coverage and vaccine effectiveness (VE) in order to quantify the population-level impactMethods: We reviewed the ORI activities, and conducted an analysis of the surveillance and the outbreak investigation reports. We assessed VE of MCV by applying the screening-method. Sensitivity analyses were also conducted to assess the effect of final classification of cases on the VE of MCV. The MCV coverage was assessed by a post-campaign coverage survey (PCCS) after completion of the ORI through a quantitative survey in the 12 LGAs that were accessible. . Results: Of the total 15,237 reported measles cases, 2,002 cases were line-listed and investigated, and 737 were confirmed for measles by week 9 of 2019. Of the investigated cases 67.3% (n = 1,348) were between 9 and 59 months of age. Among the 737 confirmed cases, only 9% (n = 64) stated being vaccinated with at least 1 dose of MCV. The overall VE for MCV was 98.4 (95%CI: 97.8 – 98.8). No significant differences were observed in the VE estimates of lab-confirmed and epi-linked cases when compared to the original estimates. The aggregated weighted vaccination coverage was 85.7% (95% CI: 79.6 – 90.1).Conclusion: The experience in Borno demonstrates that adequate VE can be obtained in conflict-affected areas. In complex emergency affected by measles outbreaks, health authorities may consider integration with other health strategies and the engagement of security personnel as part of the ORI activities.

Mediatization of Campaign Coverage: Metacoverage of US Elections

2014 ◽  
pp. 156-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul D’Angelo ◽  
Florin Büchel ◽  
Frank Esser
Keyword(s):  
Campaign Coverage

Outcome of a multi-state measles campaign coverage in South-East, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 522
Author(s):  
OnyinyeHope Chime ◽  
ChinonyeluJennie Orji ◽  
Abdulazeez Yahaya
Keyword(s):  
Campaign Coverage

scholarly journals Those who have the power get the coverage – Female politicians in campaign coverage in Austria over time

Journalism ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 146488492091635
Author(s):  
Lore Hayek ◽  
Uta Russmann
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Low Visibility ◽  
Female Politicians ◽  
Campaign Coverage ◽  
Election Coverage ◽  
Over Time

Politics in Austria is still a male business. Even though in 2017, women occupied 34 percent of the seats in Austria’s Nationalrat, female MPs are still underrepresented. Moreover, previous studies have shown that women receive substantially less media coverage than men do and this, for instance, disadvantages female politicians to male politicians in election campaigns. Our study seeks to contribute to this debate by adding a longitudinal perspective and substantially underpinning it with empirical data. We use quantitative content analysis to examine whether the election coverage of female politicians in Austrian news media has changed between 2008 and 2017. Our findings show low visibility of female politicians in Austrian campaign coverage that is even decreasing over time; furthermore, the political role a female politician occupies plays a crucial role for her media visibility.

Electoral Reckonings: Press Criticism of Presidential Campaign Coverage, 2000-2016

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-111
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Bent ◽  
Kimberly Kelling ◽  
Ryan J. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Campaign ◽  
Campaign Coverage ◽  
Press Criticism
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