Changing Forms Of Political Communication And Voter Choices In Ghana’s Elections, 1992-2008
ABSTRACT The Fourth Republic has witnessed six successive elections, including those of 1992, 2000 and 2008, which have been examined in this thesis. In all these elections, the role of political communication has been crucial in determining voter choices. Accounting for the accretion of political communication is the liberalization of the media landscape in 1995, which led to the proliferation of radio and television stations as a complement to the explosion of newspapers after the res...
The Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Distance Education: A Comparative Study of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and University of Education Winneba-
ABSTRACT Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become a central pillar for the world, as the world is now tagged as ‘digital’ and ‘global village’. The usefulness of ICTs transcends to all sectors including education. Distance education per se, rests heavily on ICTs. ICTs have the potential to foster interaction and communication between instructors and students as well as the outside world. The main objectives of the study are: To ascertain ICTs usage among dist...
Do Socio-Cultural Factors Influence The Women In Kassena Nankana District To Deliver Or Not Deliver In The Health Institutions? An Exploratory Study In The Upper East Region Of Ghana
ABSTRACT The study explores the factors that influence decisions of women in the Kassena Nankana District from delivering or not delivering in the health care facilities despite their use of antenatal care services at the facilities. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select two groups of women who had antenatal care at the facilities. Two hundred women were interviewed i.e. 100 who delivered at the facilities and 100 who delivered at home. A structured questionnaire was used to...
Social Media As A Medium For Co-Creation Communication In Ghana: A Study Of Interactions Between Small Artisanal Businesses And Their Customers
ABSTRACT The traditional conception of production, where companies were sole originators of products has opened up to emphasize consumer’ input in a process known as co-creation. As a communicationladen activity, co-creation interactions appear to have deepened as social media provide more opportunities for brand producers and their customers to meet and share ideas. This study sought to explore the ways in which social media is shaping co-creation interactions by small artisanal busin...
Assessment Of Quality Of Water From Private Hand Dug Wells And Boreholes Within The Kwabenya Locality In Greater Accra Region Of Ghana
ABSTRACT Groundwater resource development in Ghana contributes substantially to the socioeconomic development of Ghana. Utilization of water for domestic, irrigation and industrial purposes for about 80% of the rural – urban population in the Kwabenya Community within the Ga East Municipality are primarily dependent on existing groundwater resources. However, groundwater potential is under serious threat and run a high risk of pollution by agrochemicals, municipal, industrial, and dome...
The Role Of Ethnicity And Religion In Shaping Nigeria's Foreign Policy In The Post Cold War Years
ABSTRACT The end of the Cold War has brought about a new dimension in international politics, whereby the thinking of state actors and non-state is no longer guided by East-West considerations. Multi-polarity has emerged with a new set of global concerns which are influencing the domestic set up of many nation- states. Most of these concerns have tended to have ethno-religious undertones, consequently inspiring internal reaction. The "domestication" of sensitive international issues ve...
Technical Efficiency Of Tomato Farmers In The Ashanti Region Of Ghana
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the technical efficiency of tomato farmers in the Ashanti region of Ghana using the stochastic frontier methodology. The study looked at the productivity levels of tomato farmers, examined the determinants of technical inefficiency of tomato farmers and analysed the constraints generally facing tomato production in the region. A total of 150 tomato farmers in three districts namely Offinso South, Offinso North and Asante Akim North in the...
Customer Social Media Brand Engagement, Word Of Mouth And Purchase Intention: The Moderating Role Of Trust
ABSTRACT The study examined the effect of customer social media brand engagement on word of mouth and purchase intention as well as explored the moderating effect of brand trust in such a relationship. The study employed an explanatory design using quantitative research approach to explain the cause and effect of the dimensions of customer social media brand engagement on word of mouth and purchase intention. Self-administered questionnaires and online survey tool, Google forms, were em...
Isolation And Partial Characterization Of Bacteriophages
ABSTRACT viii Bacteriophages were isolated from sewage samples obtained from the Tema Sewage Disposal Plant and the Legon vicinity using the indicator bacteria strains Shigella dysenteriae. Salmonella tvohi. Escherichia cull, and Salmpneila fir.P.UP__D.. Ten phages were isolated and partially characterized by electron microscopy, DNA fingerprinting and protein profiles by SDS-PAGE. The relatedness of the phages was determined by immunological studies. Some of the phages were screene...
Capital Structure And The Financial Performance Of Listed Manufacturing Companies On The Ghana Stock Exchange
ABSTRACT The study explored Capital Structure and The Financial Performance of Listed Manufacturing Companies on the Ghana Stock Exchange using panel data analysis. The study employed descriptive research design and quantitative approach. The study revealed that short term debt (STDA) has a positive and statistically significant relationship with ROE at 1% significance level. This means that firms with high profitability (ROE) uses more of short-term debt (STDA) as a source of financing...
Public-Private Partnerships In Solid Waste Management In Ghana, The Case Of Accra Metropolitan Assembly
ABSTRACT Solid waste management in Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), like most cities in developing countries, has been fraught with challenges in recent times. The rate at which household wastes are generated within AMA cannot be matched with the rate of collection or clearing waste from the city. The rapid generation of household wastes occurs as a result of rapid population growth, rapid urbanization and improvements in the socio-economic wellbeing of citizens who have occasioned th...
Effectiveness Of The Implementation Of The Work Place Hiv/Aids Policy& Technical Guidelines For The Health Sector At An Urban Tertiary Referral Hospital, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
ABSTRACT HIV Infection continues to impact the world of work. This is especially more evident in the health sector where health workers are at risk of hospital acquired infections and attitudes and practices strongly influence the response to the provision of prevention, treatment, care and support interventions for infected patients. The ILO thus recommends the implementation of HIV Work place policies at Global, Regional, County and Local levels. In line with this the MOH, Ghana publi...
Assessment Of Effluent Quality At The University Of Ghana Hospital, Legon
ABSTRACT Hospitals effluent often contain chemical compounds which may have negative impact on the environment and human health if not properly treated. Investigations were conducted to determine the bacteriological and physico-chemical qualities of effluent discharged from University of Ghana hospital into the environment and its effects on agricultural soils and vegetables. Water and soil quality analyses of some physico-chemical and bacteriological variables were carried out on efflu...
Reliability Of The Bod Pod® Compared To Traditional Reference Methods For Measuring Body Composition
ABSTRACT In the mid 1990s, a new air-displacement plethysmograph (ADP) was developed for measuring human body composition. This device (BOD POD® Body Composition System) uses the relationship between the pressure and volume of air to measure the body volume of a subject seated in the test chamber. Body density (Db) is then calculated using body mass and body volume and percent body fat (% BF) estimated using an equation such as the one by Siri (1961). This study evaluated the reliabili...
Studies On The Chemoreception Profile Of Bulinus Truncatus {Avdouin) As An Aid To The Development Of Controlled Release Molluscicides.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 1.1 Epidemiology and geographical distribution of Schistosomiasis: Schistosomiasis is the second most prevalent parasitic infection apart from malaria. Unlike the latter, whose prevalence tends to fluctuate with the rains in many areas of high endemicity for the year, schistosome infection prevalence may be usually high throughout the year in areas where the disease is endemic. Available WHO(1991) document indicates that the disease afflicts more than 200million pe...
