PoliticalEconomyofCOVID-19andtheImplicationonMediaManagementandSustainabilityinNigeria
| dc.contributor.author | Owolabi, ToyosiOlugbengaSamson | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nwantah, Nkiruka Favour | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-04T16:31:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Thisstudyinvestigatesthepoliticaleconomyofgovernment’sresponsetotheCOVID-19pandemicinNigeriaanditsimplicationsformediamanagementandsurvival.Itisaqualitativeresearchthatreliesonprimaryandsecondarysourcesfordatagathering.ThestudydiscoversthattheungainlyanddiscriminatorypoliticaleconomyoftheNigeriangovernment’sresponsetotheCOVID-19pandemicisunfriendlytothemediaasitisisolatedandmadethemediaoperatingenvironmentunfavorableforgrowthandsustainability.ThestudyalsorevealsthatthepastbusinessmodelwherethemediarenderservicebeforebeingpaidanddisseminatenewscontentinhardcopywhilerelingonoldnewsconsumerscannolongersufficeduringtheCOVID-19era.Conclusively,thestudyhighlightssomecopingstrategiesformediamanagerswhichincludepullingresourcestogetherasthroughaconsortium,merger,andacquisitionofoutfitswithsimilareditorialfocus,raisingfundsfromthestockmarket,changingthebusinessmodelofservicebeforepayanddigitizationofcontents.ThestudyrecommendsthattheNigeriangovernmentinconjunctionwiththeinternationaldevelopmentagenciesshouldlaunchamediarecoveryplan(MRP)aswasdoneinIreland,theUnitedKingdom,andFrancetostabilizetheindustryandrepositionittofulfillitsstatutoryrolesinnationaldevelopment. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95100-9_2 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/50957 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Health Crises and Media Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa, | |
| dc.subject | COVID-19·Mediaviability·Governmentresponse·Digitalshift | |
| dc.title | PoliticalEconomyofCOVID-19andtheImplicationonMediaManagementandSustainabilityinNigeria | |
| dc.type | Article |
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