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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение. Журналистика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-9220</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-9247</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">41365</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2024-29-2-358-366</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">SDSOSR</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>JOURNALISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Журналистика</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Peace journalism practice in Nigeria: war language and blasphemy conflicts</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Практика мирной журналистики в Нигерии: язык войны и религиозные конфликты</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3179-7954</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Bukar</surname><given-names>Abubakar A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Букар</surname><given-names>Абубакар Альхаджи</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор философии, преподаватель кафедры массовых коммуникаций, факультет социальных наук</p></bio><email>aabukar@abu.edu.ng</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1181-8759</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Bala</surname><given-names>Bishir</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Бала</surname><given-names>Бишир</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>researcher, Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>исследователь, кафедра массовых коммуникаций, факультет социальных наук</p></bio><email>bbala@abu.edu.ng</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6981-7940</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Omoloso</surname><given-names>Aisha I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Омолосо</surname><given-names>Аиша И.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, senior lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор наук, старший преподаватель, департамент массовых коммуникаций, факультет информационно-коммуникационных наук</p></bio><email>omoloso.ai@unilorin.edu.ng</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-2505</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Bulgarova</surname><given-names>Bella A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Булгарова</surname><given-names>Белла Ахмедовна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Department of Mass Communication, RUDN University; Professor, Department of Digital Media, College of Arts, Alnoor University</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат филологических наук, доцент кафедры массовых коммуникаций, Российский университет дружбы народов; профессор кафедры цифровых медиа, Колледж гуманитарных наук, Университет Альнур</p></bio><email>bulgarova-ba@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Ahmadu Bello University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Ахмаду Белло</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University of Ilorin</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Илорина</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">RUDN University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff4"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Alnoor University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Альнур</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-10-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>10</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>29</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">African media in the new reality: re-positioning of media studies</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Африканские медиа в новой реальности: перепозиционирование медиаисследований</issue-title><fpage>358</fpage><lpage>366</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-10-31"><day>31</day><month>10</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Bukar A.A., Bala B., Omoloso A.I., Bulgarova B.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Букар А.А., Бала Б., Омолосо А.И., Булгарова Б.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bukar A.A., Bala B., Omoloso A.I., Bulgarova B.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Букар А.А., Бала Б., Омолосо А.И., Булгарова Б.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/41365">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/41365</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">Violent conflicts precipitated by allegations of blasphemy have resulted in loss of many lives and property in Nigeria. Worse still is the effects on peaceful coexistence among the different ethno-religious groups in the country. In all this, the media is a stakeholder, whether as a promoter of peace or exacerbater of tension and division. 306 editions of Daily Trust and The Punch newspapers were explored to ascertain how these national dailies are responding to the tenets of peace journalism enunciated by Johan Galtung, especially in their choice of words, to what extent do they specifically avoid war language in the coverage of sensitive incidents as blasphemy. Using quantitative content-analysis and framing as methodological and theoretical frameworks respectively, this study found that 71 of such (war) lexical indicators were used in covering the incidents of blasphemy investigated, with The Punch having the highest frequency (63). Out of the three war language categories coded (demonizing, victimizing, and emotive), first one is the most prevalent (90%) with individual words like ‘barbaric’ (25.3%), ‘fanatic’ (23.9%) and ‘extremist’ (18.3%) preponderating. All these are arguably a corollary of political, professional and economic factors. The research finally recommends that for blasphemy conflict with its attendant violence to be pre-empted, Nigerian journalists covering ethno-religious crises need to be conscientized on the tenets of peace journalism, whilst national cohesion and peaceful coexistence need to be prioritized by media industry over and above profiteering.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">В Нигерии конфликты, спровоцированные обвинениями в богохульстве, привели к гибели многих людей и потере имущества. Еще сложнее последствия для мирного сосуществования в пределах одной страны различных этнорелигиозных групп. В подобных конфликтах важным участником являются средства массовой информации, которые выступают как сторонниками мирного решения вопросов, так и противниками. Исследование 306 выпусков газет Daily Trust и The Punch помогло выявить, как национальные ежедневные газеты реализуют принципы мирной журналистики, провозглашенные Йоханом Галтунгом, в какой степени они избегают военного языка при освещении темы богохульства и связанных с этим инцидентов. Посредством количественного контент-анализа и фрейминга в качестве методологической и теоретической основ обнаружено, что 71 из военных лексических индикаторов использовался для освещения расследованных случаев богохульства, при этом издание The Punch показало самую высокую частотность (63). Из трех закодированных категорий военного языка (демонизирующий, виктимизирующий и эмоциональный) именно первый является наиболее распространенным (90%) с преобладанием таких слов, как «варварский» (25,3%), «фанатический» (23,9%) и «экстремистский» (18,3%). Выявленная ситуация, предположительно, является следствием политических, профессиональных и экономических факторов. Заключено, что для предотвращения богохульного конфликта с сопутствующим ему насилием нигерийские журналисты, освещающие этнорелигиозные кризисы, должны быть сознательными в отношении принципов мирной журналистики, тогда как сплоченность нации и мирное сосуществование - приоритетом медиаиндустрии, а не поводом для спекуляции.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>newspapers</kwd><kwd>framing</kwd><kwd>military language</kwd><kwd>deontology</kwd><kwd>media education</kwd><kwd>Johan Galtung</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>газеты</kwd><kwd>фрейминг</kwd><kwd>военный язык</kwd><kwd>деонтология</kwd><kwd>медиаобразование</kwd><kwd>Йохан Галтунг</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Entman, R.M., Matthes, J., &amp; Pellycano, L. (2009). Nature, sources and effects of news framing. In K. Wahl-Jorgensen &amp; T. 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