Sahara Reporters and Premium Times online coverage of the Russia–Ukraine war

Abstract

The mass media have continued to be significant news sources for human society, particularly during conflict and war. The media dependency theory posits that during crisis or instability, society relies more on traditional and new media to help it understand the developments in the war. This article investigated the frequency of the coverage of the Russia–Ukraine War by Sahara Reporters and Premium Times, ascertained the most dominant tone used by Sahara Reporters and Premium Times in the reporting of the Russian–Ukraine War, and unfurled the frame of coverage of Russian–Ukraine War by Sahara Reporters and Premium Times.

Keywords

• crisis
• framing theory
• mass media
• nigeria
• nigerian emigrants
• online news reporting
• premium times
• russia–ukraine war
• sahara reporters