Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant challenge to nations of the world as different sectors were affected by the pandemic. Social responsibility is an integral part of an organisation’s activities that show their commitment to society. During the pandemic, social responsibility was an essential aspect organisations leveraged to sympathise with victims, communicate with individuals in the society and show commitment to the welfare of the communities they exist. This study, adopting the mixed research method, aims to shed light on the crucial role of media in fulfilling social responsibility during the pandemic, particularly in the context of selected Nigerian Newspapers. The qualitative research method included a researcher-designed coding sheet used to code social responsibility themes, and the quantitative method included the manual counting of the coded data. The research found that different governmental and non-governmental organisations performed different social responsibility functions, as recorded in the newspapers during the period studied, and several individuals and groups were recipients of the social responsibility initiatives.
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic, Government, Media, Nigerian Newspapers, Social Responsibility