{"id":5853,"date":"2024-01-04T18:01:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/?page_id=5853"},"modified":"2026-03-10T07:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:13:14","slug":"investigating-the-claims-and-spread-of-misinformation-on-covid-19-across-different-media-platforms-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icert.org.in\/index.php\/edu-mania\/edumania-vol-2-issue-1\/investigating-the-claims-and-spread-of-misinformation-on-covid-19-across-different-media-platforms-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigating the Claims and Spread of Misinformation on Covid-19 across different Media Platforms in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Investigating the Claims and Spread of Misinformation on Covid-19 across different Media Platforms in Nigeria<\/span><\/p>

Olorunda, Sola Elijah<\/span><\/p>

School of Secondary Education, Department of Social Studies, Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo<\/span><\/p>

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DOI:\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.59231\/edumania\/9014<\/span><\/a><\/p>

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Subject:\u00a0Misinformation, COVID-19, Media Studies, Digital Literacy, Health Communication, Social Media, Nigerian Media<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Abstract<\/span><\/p>

The misinformation spread about Covid-19 in Nigerian media is the main topic of the paper. All Nigerian nationals made up the study’s population, which was conducted using an ethnography observation and interview. In Lagos State, Nigeria, 50 respondents made up the study’s sample. It was decided to use a multistage sampling process that combines a simple random sampling technique with a purposive sampling strategy. To gather data, it uses in-depth interviews, observations, documents, and field notes to collect data. For the sake of answering the study questions, the gathered data were examined using narrative analysis. The research findings identified a variety of false information and unreliable information sources in Nigerian media. It was recommended that the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines for preventive measures should be followed and also advised. This endeavor can assist combat false information on Covid-19 in Nigeria. The initial beneficiaries of this information are typically relatives and friends; people who propagate these misconceptions and false information must stop doing so to prevent placing the lives of those they love in grave danger, before accepting or spreading any information on COVID-19, people should verify the source.<\/span><\/p>

Keywords:<\/span> Covid-19, <\/span>Investigation<\/span>, <\/span>Misinformation, Media Platform.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Impact Statement<\/span><\/p>

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Investigating the Claims and Spread of Misinformation on COVID-19 across different Media\u00a0Platforms in Nigeria as gathered momentum in the era of COVID-19, this paper focuses on activities of the government and citizens on COVID-19, its impact on the political and socio-economy of the nation, a lot of information were passed across different media outlet that jeopardize the health of the citizens about covid-19. The findings revealed that the experience of the citizen was based on information circulated on social media and the government launched an intervention to reduce the fake information that has led to panic among Nigerians. It was recommended that only information obtained from the World Health Organization\u00a0should be relied on by the citizens and government and non-governmental organizations should intensify their efforts by sanitizing the populace with accurate and essential information about preventing of covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Author Profile<\/span><\/p>

Olorunda Sola Elijah, a lecturer at Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo, Nigeria, School of Secondary Education, Department of Social Studies. I am a trained educator and researcher who has worked with different educational Institutions. I have taught, researched, supervised, and brought the best out of the students on many occasions. I have attended conferences, workshops, and seminars for professionals. I have published my books and articles in both national and international journals including online. My research interest includes peace and conflict studies with a specialization in community resilience in vulnerable cities, also including social problems in contemporary\u00a0society.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Cite this Article<\/span><\/p>

APA (7th ed.):<\/span>\u00a0Olorunda, S. E. (2024). Investigating the Claims and Spread of Misinformation on Covid-19 across different Media Platforms in Nigeria.\u00a0<\/span>Edumania-An International Multidisciplinary Journal<\/span>,\u00a02(1), 3\u201322.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.59231\/edumania\/9014<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Chicago (17th ed.):<\/span>\u00a0Olorunda, Sola Elijah. “Investigating the Claims and Spread of Misinformation on Covid-19 across different Media Platforms in Nigeria.”\u00a0<\/span>Edumania-An International Multidisciplinary Journal<\/span>\u00a02, no. 1 (2024): 3\u201322.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.59231\/edumania\/9014<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

MLA (9th ed.):<\/span>\u00a0Olorunda, Sola Elijah. “Investigating the Claims and Spread of Misinformation on Covid-19 across different Media Platforms in Nigeria.”\u00a0<\/span>Edumania-An International Multidisciplinary Journal<\/span>, vol. 2, no. 1, 2024, pp. 3\u201322.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.59231\/edumania\/9014<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Statements & Declarations:<\/span><\/p>

Peer Review:<\/span>\u00a0The scholarly merit and contribution of this research on COVID-19 misinformation in Nigeria have been confirmed through a rigorous and independent peer-review process conducted by experts in the relevant disciplines.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Review Type:<\/span>\u00a0This article underwent a double-blind peer review, a process in which the identities of the author (Sola Elijah Olorunda) and the reviewers were mutually concealed. The review was conducted by subject experts in media studies, health communication, and misinformation research.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Competing Interests:<\/span>\u00a0The author, Sola Elijah Olorunda, declares that there are no financial, professional, or personal competing interests that could be perceived to have biased the work presented in this manuscript.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Data Availability:<\/span>\u00a0The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author, S.E. Olorunda, upon reasonable request. The data are not publicly available due to privacy and confidentiality agreements with the participants involved in the study across different media platforms in Nigeria.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Funding:<\/span>\u00a0This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. The work was completed as part of the author’s institutional duties at Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo, and personal scholarly effort.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

License:<\/span>\u00a0This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International License. This license permits non-commercial reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Ethical Approval:<\/span>\u00a0All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee. Ethical approval for this research was granted by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo, Nigeria, where the author is affiliated. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study, and their anonymity and confidentiality have been strictly maintained.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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    Edumania-An International Multidisciplinary Journal Vol-02, Issue-01 (Jan-Mar 2024) An International scholarly\/ academic journal, peer-reviewed\/ refereed journal, ISSN : 2960-0006 Investigating the Claims and Spread of Misinformation on Covid-19 across different Media Platforms in Nigeria Olorunda, Sola Elijah School of Secondary Education, Department of Social Studies, Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5818-0006 DOI:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.59231\/edumania\/9014 Page Number:\u00a0pp. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5817,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5853","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icert.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icert.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icert.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icert.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icert.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/icert.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29644,"href":"https:\/\/icert.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5853\/revisions\/29644"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icert.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icert.org.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}