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Analysis Of Thematic Highlights Of Nigeria’s Newspaper Editorialst

One important way newspaper and magazines bare their minds on issues and challenges in a society is through editorials. The editorial is a potent channel through which public and community opinions are measured. It is based on this premise that this study examines the relatedness of the editorial contents and contemporary issues in Nigeria. The focus of the study is to assess editorials as an agenda setting device.The study analyzed the editorials of Nigeria’s newspapers to determine the contents and themes of presentation. The study analyzed 228 editorials from six Nigerian newspaper spanning three months (April June, 2019). Findings showed that themes of economy and politics attracted largest number of editorials with 23.68 and 16.22 percent respectively. It was further revealed that judiciary, tributes and human rights are the least recurring themes. The study concluded that newspaper editorial contents are based on the activities going on within the context of the society.