ABSTRACT Studies on emotional labour have been increasingly influential as service employment continues to replace manufacturing ones in many developed and emerging economies. In a two component study (quantitative and qualitative) using convergent parallel (complementary concurrent) mixed method approach, the research aimed at explaining Ghanaian media practitioners' emotional labouring experiences and likely psychological health implications. The quantitative data (study one) was cross-sect...
ABSTRACT This study focuses on an investigation of social responsibility on banking industry. It was established that most companies operating in Nigerian do not consider social responsibility and obligations towards the community in which they operates. The specific objectives of the study were: 1.To ascertain whether companies actually consider the effects an intended policy decision will have on the life of the communities in which they operate. 2.To ascertain whether companies should be s...
PREFACE The mass media in our country today has helped a lot in government and citizens, mostly in their zeal to give our information, have establishes various media organs. These organs, have not been disappointing in their task of providing information and entertainment to the populace. The media has help people a lot in terms of educational function. Because life is an experience, the media, which is part of this experience tends to report this experience. Experience in life is glaring in ...
ABSTRACT This study examined the drivers of the choices of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities by media institutions in the Ghana. It also investigated the nature and processes of CSR engagement by these institutions. Carroll (1991)’s CSR pyramid model and the systems theory provided conceptual logic, methodological insight and scholarly critique for the study. A qualitative approach, entailing in-depth interviews with managers of CSR departments in seven media institutions, wa...
ABSTRACT The role played by the media in conflicts has been an issue all over the world. Its influence has increased tremendously and researchers are yet to agree on the degree and magnitude of the media influence in conflicts and conflict management. The aim of this study was to analyze the role of media in conflict management, with reference to 2007/08 Post Election Violence in Kenya and Uasin Gishu County as a case area. The specific objectives were to establish the media accessibility lev...
ABSTRACT: The anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect of the methanolic extract of Stellaria media (L.) Vill leaf was studied using albumen-induced paw oedema and formalin-induced paw lick in rats as the anti-inflammatory test models; acetic acid-induced writhing, hot plate and tail flick tests in mice as the analgesic models. Three groups of five rats or mice each were administered orally with the leaf extract of S. media at 100mg/kg, 300mg/kg or 500mg/kg body weight respectively. A fourth gr...
Media coverage of conflicts has since time immemorial been a challenge owing to the complexities involved. For the Kenyan case, the country’s Kenya Defence Force was getting involved in a maiden international war in 2011 otherwise dubbed Operation ‘Linda Nchi’ to curb the terrorist threat on Kenyan soil. Similarly, Kenyan media were engaged in their maiden coverage of international war and had to deliver information about the war to the public with skills honed from the coverage of...
ABSTRACT TV has been considered as powerful on its watchers particularly on their behavioural limit and their social values. The review looked at the impact of western film on Zimbabwean adolescents. The review was tied down on the cultivation theory which takes a glimpse at the impacts of TV on the estimations of its group of onlookers. The second hypothesis which was utilized is cultural imperialism theory which demonstrates that overwhelming western media substance force their social value...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Sickle cell disease (SCD), also known as sickle cell anaemia, haemoglobin S or SS disease is a group of inherited disorders that affects haemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen to cells throughout the body. Although sickle cell disease is a global public health issue, not many studies have been conducted on the psychosocial effects of disease sufferers or patients in Africa, including Ghana. Objective: The aim of the study was to examine the psy...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at investigating the influence of thin media and personality dimensions on body image dissatisfaction and self-esteem. Two-hundred undergraduate students from University of Ghana were conveniently sampled for this study. These participants filled Multidimensional Body Self-Relations Questionnaire, Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, Media Influence Questionnaire and The Big Five Inventory (BFI). Results of the study indicated that there was a significant negative relationshi...
Abstract The loud bangs emitted by Oscar Pistorius’ gun in his apartment on the night of 13 February 2014, set ablaze a social media adoption by nu merous South Africans. This unfortunate incident in which Reeva Steenkamp was murdered set a research in motion. Thousands of South Africans and those beyond flocked on Facebook and Twitter to monitor the progress of the hand of justice, as well as to disc uss their thoughts on what they thought would be a just outcome. It was a repetition of th...
Table of contents Acknowledgements v Declaration vi Dedication vii List of Acronyms viii List of Tables ix List of Figures x Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction 2 1.2 Understanding Political Participation and Digital Media: A Global North Perspective 3 1.3 The Global South: Young People, Politics, and Digital Media 4 1.4 Why Study Young People’s Mobile Political Participation? 5 1.5 African Perspectives on Political Participation and Digital Citizenship 7 1.6 Research Questions 9 1.7 ...
Abstract: Social media has emerged as an effective source to investigate people’s opinions in the context of a variety of topics and situations, including crime. Crime solving can be a difficult task hence requiring human intelligence together with experience. Crime data is usually big and full of noise; hence manual analysis of this data is tedious and sometimes impossible to do. Data mining techniques such as Sentiment Analysis can help in analysing such big data. In Sentiment Analysis, ...
The essay will consider normative and postmodern sociological theories which can be applied within the article "Complaint lodged against judge who made 'offensive', 'discriminatory' comments to Aboriginal defendants” by Maddocks, 2017. It takes into account expectations of our society regarding judicial application plus the mental strain which may be exerted on the judge as an individual in the execution of his office. It also considers the position of the media and its ability to exert lab...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the media challenges faced during the post election violence in the city of Nairobi. The research was cross-sectional with both explanatory and descriptive approaches. The target population was the women, youth, middle aged and elderly, besides politicians as a special group. The population of the study was 300 residents of Nairobi. Key informant interviews and questionnaires were used in collecting data. Data analysis method was based on qu...