Regional Parallelism and Corruption Scandals in Nigeria is a ground-breaking book that offers
fresh perspectives on the character and role of the African media in covering corruption
scandals. It explores whether reports regarding corruption stem from the efforts of journalists
who employ investigative journalism or if it is a mere coincidence promoted by the activities
of anti-corruption agencies. To that end the book develops a media systems theory for Africa
based on the coverage of corruption scandals in the Nigerian press. This new theoretical
paradigm defined as regional parallelism argues that African countries are nations within
nations and that therefore any comparative study of the media system should recognize this
understanding. The book combines both interviews with journalists as well as qualitative
content analysis of newspapers to determine the patterns and issues that influence the
reporting of corruption. It also looks at corruption within the media itself taking into
account factors such as regionalism and ethnicity within the practice of journalism.
