EBONYI JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE
EJLLS Publication
EJLLS| Title: | Banditry In Nigeria And The Trauma Of Women And Children In Idp Camps: Media Intervention Strategies |
| Author(s): | Jacinta Chinenye Igwe, Ifeyinwa Nsude & Stephen Nwanchor Elem |
| Abstract: | The number of women and children in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Nigeria has remained a social and economic problem to the wellbeing of the victims and national development. The purpose of this study was to explore the media intervention strategies used by journalists to ameliorate the experiences of the victims. The study employed online survey research method. It was anchored on Social Cognitive and Routine Activities Theories. Three research questions were addressed. A total of 388 respondents were sampled. The study found that the women and children displaced by the bandits in Northern Nigeria suffer various forms of trauma; the journalists in the Northern part of Nigeria employed different media intervention strategies; the media intervention strategies used in assuaging trauma in IDP camps were successful. The study recommended that the media should direct its campaigns toward making the displaced persons in IDP camps free from all forms of traumas in the camps; there is need for the media to explore more strategies that will be more effective in reducing the traumatic experiences of the people in IDP camps; the media should sustain its campaigns against trauma in IDP camps. |
| Keywords: | Banditry, IDP, trauma, security, media |
