Abstract Health systems in developing nation especially low and low-middle income countries is characterised with numerous challenges which ranges from inefficient health information system, poor health delivery system, mortality and morbidity rate of disease and ailments, inadequate health manpower etc. The growth of ICT especially in developing nations has been on the increase bringing about a lot of invention amongst which mobile technology is one. Mobile technology as a significant ICT t...
The text is divided into two broad sections. Section 1 deals with Networks and Information processes, while Section 2 is dedicated to chapters on Information Communication and Engineering. The first section consists of chapters one (1) through eight (8), with chapter one serving as an introductory piece. The second section is made up of the remaining eleven chapters from chapter nine to nineteen. Most of the chapters in this second part are in the field of communications with two in the area ...
ABSTRACT This research was undertaken with the aim of determining whether bias occurred in news coverage by private newspapers in Ghana. The study focused on the year 2014 which was the period just after the 2013 presidential election petition at the Supreme Court. This period was chosen because it was the era immediately after a major election dispute in Ghana and rivalry between the feuding parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was perceived to be...
ABSTRACT The study is a quantitative content analysis of the coverage of the proceedings of the Judgment Debts Commission by the Daily Graphic newspaper. The Commission was set up by President John Dramani Mahama to inquire into payments made from public funds for and on behalf of the state arising from judgment debts, arbitration awards, negotiated settlements and related processes. The study had the purpose of determining the news worthiness of, and the frames given to the proceedings of th...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate how some advertising practitioners in Ghana conceptualized ethical guides by the Advertising Association of Ghana (AAG) and applied them to their daily work-related activities. The study focused on knowledge levels of agency practitioners regarding the ethical guides, their ethical dilemmas and how they resolved them. The study was underpinned by the utilitarian ethical principle, categorical imperative and the golden mean theory. Data was obtained fr...
This study assessed community relations (CR) by studying AngloGold Ashanti. The study, through a qualitative research approach, conducted interviews to find out the reasons behind community relations and how it was communicated to the host communities. The study also considered how communities were involved in the implementation of a community relations policy. The challenges and benefits of CR to mining companies and the host communities were also sought. Four community leaders and a co...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate how some advertising practitioners in Ghana conceptualized ethical guides by the Advertising Association of Ghana (AAG) and applied them to their daily work-related activities. The study focused on knowledge levels of agency practitioners regarding the ethical guides, their ethical dilemmas and how they resolved them. The study was underpinned by the utilitarian ethical principle, categorical imperative and the golden mean theory. Data was obtained fr...
ABSTRACT This study content analysed the January to December 2010 newspapers of the Daily Graphic and the Daily Guide to investigate the coverage of District Assembly elections in Ghana. The objectives for the investigation were to examine the dominant frames used in reporting issues on District Assembly elections, the format used in the coverage, the prominence accorded to District Assembly elections and the frequency of the stories in the various editions. The framing and agenda-setting th...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to determine the communication activities of two major charismatic churches in Ghana, the Action Chapel International and the International Central Gospel Church, and extract the advertising activities if any. The study also sought to ascertain why these churches advertise and the advertising channels used. Charismatic churches in Africa and beyond, undertake a plethora of communication activities that appear to suggest advertising practice. The study wil...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the discourse that characterizes herbal medicine advertisements on radio. The study focused on the persuasion techniques, language style, tone and style of presentation associated with herbal medicine radio commercials. Three herbal ads on Peace FM were selected as the units of analysis. The products that were studied are New Kingdom Ginseng Power Capsules, Sibor Tonic and News Angel Natural Capsules. The study was anchored on the conceptual models of ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the discourse that characterizes herbal medicine advertisements on radio. The study focused on the persuasion techniques, language style, tone and style of presentation associated with herbal medicine radio commercials. Three herbal ads on Peace FM were selected as the units of analysis. The products that were studied are New Kingdom Ginseng Power Capsules, Sibor Tonic and News Angel Natural Capsules. The study was anchored on the conceptual models of ...
ABSTRACT Flooding is undoubtedly one of the global natural disasters with the most debilitating effects on both humans and other living things alike. It is the leading and most frequent cause of natural disaster fatalities worldwide. It has become such a global concern that both developed and developing countries give maximum attention to it in finding ways of minimizing, if not preventing, its effects. The objective of this study is not to describe the impact of flood events on human populat...
Abstract This study examined the internal communication strategies and channels used by Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) in its preparations towards crises. It also studied ECG’s employees’ perceptions of those channels used in communicating crisis-related information to them. An in-depth interview was conducted with the ECG Public Relations Manager and results of the responses were analyzed using Morgan’s ethnography summary. In addition, a survey was conducted on 100 employe...
ABSTRACT This research studied the communication patterns of students from different parts of the world, residing at the University of Ghana International Students’ Hostel. Five focus group discussions were conducted on a total of 35 American, European, Francophone African, Nigerian and Ghanaian Students at the International Students’ Hostel. The Intercultural Communication Model posits that one’s culture influences his or her communication pattern. The differences in communication patt...
ABSTRACT The study is an analysis of the content of political party television advertisements preceding the 2012 general elections. The study, among others, aimed to find out which of the two major political parties, the ruling NDC and the opposition NPP, relied on negative advertising to achieve their aims. It also sought to find out which issues the two parties focused on. The study was anchored in the functional theory of political campaign discourse. A content analysis of seventy-one te...