Nigeria_DSA_Dataset_Final
Description
This dataset contains the systematically constructed corpus of 240 newspaper articles (published between 2019 and 2024) used to operationalise and test the concept of Discursive Securitisation Asymmetry (DSA) in the Nigerian press. The data supports a mixed-methods study investigating how journalistic naming practices and linguistic mechanisms (lexical securitisation, passive-voice agency erasure, topical de-contextualisation, and source hierarchy) reproduce political power relations and marginalise counter-hegemonic voices across six mainstream Nigerian newspapers. It includes the quantitative content indicators and textual evidence analysed via Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to map the discursive closure regimes in postcolonial media environments.
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Steps to reproduce
The dataset is provided in standard Excel (.xlsx) format. It can be opened, filtered, and analysed using Microsoft Excel, SPSS, R, or any standard spreadsheet and statistical software.