▪️Why study focuses on fellow journalists’ perspectives of the two TV interviewers’ populist, aggressive approach – Babcock University Researcher, Sam Okere, gives details
A journalism researcher at Babcock University, Sam Okere, has begun a study “aimed at exploring the perception of fellow journalists regarding how Seun Okinbaloye and Rufai Oseni, as advocacy journalists, are navigating the delicate balance between traditional rhetorical methods and the more populist, aggressive style.”
Platforms Africa reports that Okere, who has conducted other similar studies, tagged the style of the two popular interviewers on TV as “what may be called emerging Bolekaja journalism.”
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An introductory message, which accompanied the survey shared with journalists, reads, “Dear respondent, please help me respond to these questions. This is a private academic research, and your response will be handled confidentially. Your response will not be ascribed to you as an individual, and it will also be used solely for the purpose of this research.
“This is an ongoing research aimed at exploring the perception of fellow journalists regarding how Seun Okinbaloye and Rufai Oseni, as advocacy journalists, are navigating the delicate balance between traditional rhetorical methods and the more populist, aggressive style of what may be called emerging Bolekaja journalism. Thank you very much.”
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Platforms Africa reports that the research, which aimed to contribute to journalism knowledge in the area of interview, beamed searchlights on areas including the nature of advocacy journalism the two journalists employ.
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Journalists provided answers to questions like “How does that method bring out response from the interviewees on issues of the moment? Going down memory lane in Nigerian media experience, are they the first to employ this method of engagement? What then is unique about the method the two journalists engage their subjects? And, in what ways does the approach of one differ from the other in terms of strategy, tone, and impact on their audience?
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Other areas include the Prospects of Impact on Public Discourse and Policy where journalists were asked the following questions; “In your own opinion, do you think their approach can have influence on the way the audience
and indeed the Nigerian people can approach national issues (that is, on public opinion and discourse) in Nigeria? How do you perceive their role in Nigerian society and media landscape? Is their approach having any effect on policy-making and accountability by the government and the leadership of the country? How do you see this approach in terms of enhancement of democratic engagement and social change in Nigeria?”
According to Okere in the research material obtained by Platforms Africa, the Possible challenges on advocacy role of journalism (and the journalist) also formed an area of the study where the following questions were asked; “What possible challenges could a journalist who chooses their style of engagement face in carrying out his or her journalistic role? Are there other ways they could do what they are doing with the same effect or even better? And, what advice do you have for them and other journalists, especially the younger generation, on ways of practising advocacy journalism with maximum results on good governance and social change?”
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