Terrorism Media Coverage in West Africa: 485 News Reports on JNIM
by Slenski, Abigail / Stake experts Dataverse·Updated 2mo ago
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Description
A collection of 485 news reports from international, regional, and local media outlets, created by Abigail Slenski and last updated in April 2026. The dataset focuses on coverage of terrorism-related developments, primarily involving the Al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM in West Africa. It is grounded in newsworthiness theory and provides a basis for analyzing media bias in a post-USAID funding environment.
Use Cases
Analyzing media bias based on the categorization of reports by country, publication type, and coverage topic.
Testing newsworthiness theory in terrorism reporting based on the dataset's theoretical grounding.
Comparing international versus local media narratives based on the source outlet categorization.
Tracking media developments following funding cuts based on the described post-USAID funding time period focus.
Strengths
Contains 485 distinct news reports, providing a substantive sample for analysis.
Reports are categorized by country, type of publication, and nature of the coverage topic.
Explicitly grounded in newsworthiness theory, providing a clear analytical framework.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
The specific time period covered is not stated, making temporal analysis difficult.
Provenance
Source
Slenski, Abigail; Stake experts Dataverse
Collection Method
Likely compiled from news reports from international, regional, and local media outlets.
Time Range
Focuses on a post-USAID funding environment; exact dates are not specified.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-13 23:27:18; freshness should be verified.