Ideological Power and Print Media Representation of Women as Communal Conflict Actors

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Brief Overview

The article examined print media representation of women as victims, conquests and peace partakers in contrast to the depiction of men as fighters in the Ife-Modakeke and Aguleri-Umuleri conflicts and how power operates in sustaining such depictions.

Author

• Ifeyinwa Maureen Ogbonna -Nwaogu, National Open University of Nigeria