ABSTRACT Journalism practice is experiencing several changes in its operations. Scholars have studied and attributed these changes to media convergence due to digitisation. However, in Ghana, media convergence studies are scant. This study, therefore, explores the practice of media convergence in Ghana using Kessben Media as a case study. It examines the model of newsroom convergence practised at Kessben Media; investigates the motivation for the practice of newsroom convergence at Kessben ...
ABSTRACT The study examines the blog posts and blogger profiles of selected top African bloggers. The study is premised on the grounds that; first, the blogosphere is one of the most suitable online spaces for the construction and exploration of identity; second, that women can use the blogosphere to explore their creativity and true identity through their writing; and third, that the identity of the woman has been veiled from time immemorial since women as writers as well as their works ha...
ABSTRACT This thesis examines how the Islamic State popularly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) construct their identity in an online magazine called Dabiq. The study employs the qualitative approach. A purposive sampling technique was used to sample the 14th edition of the magazine. Drawing on social identity theory (SIT) and the concept of clusivity, I analyze ISIS’s group dynamics and their use of linguistic and lexical elements to construct their identity in Dabiq. I ...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the trend of Public Relations practice in a non-profit organisation, the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, using the Grunig & Hunt Model of Public Relations. Utilising the purposive sampling technique, a sample of twenty-five (25) people was drawn from the Clergy and Laity of the Presbyterian Church and other para-church groups. An in-depth interview was conducted and relevant Public Relations documents on the Church were also analysed. The findings indicated that ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the experiences of doctors and patients during their encounter in the consulting rooms of the health facilities in the University of Cape Coast and University of Education, Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. A qualitative study was used to ascertain the actual lived communication experiences of doctors and patients in the consulting rooms. The study was anchored on Goffman’s facework and politeness theory. In all, a total of 23 patients and 6 ...
ABSTRACT One of the fundamental factors that determine the success or failure of a behavioural change campaign is the nature of communication strategies adopted by the change agent. Nigeria has been declared a polio free nation, but scholarly attention has not been given to the role played by communication strategies in the success of polio immunisation and eradication projects in Northern Nigeria. This study, therefore, investigated the communication strategies used in polio immunisation ca...
ABSTRACT Pedagogy of the Oppressed was written decades ago to expose unequal power relationships which result in oppression among humanity. It further introduces critical pedagogy as the antidote to deconstructing oppression. Using the qualitative approach to inquiry, the study employed the phenomenological design to solicit the views and ideas of the 2018 Postgraduate Sandwich Students of the Communication and Media Studies Department and investigated how their behaviours have been transform...
ABSTRACT This study examines the coverage in online news portals of female spouses of presidential candidates during the campaign prior to the 2016 general elections. The study sought to uncover the ways in which the female spouses were portrayed through the lens of framing theory, gender and social constructivism. The study used qualitative research approach and employed content analysis as the design with document analysis as the data collection and analysis technique. A total of 1252 par...
ABSTRACT Organisational crises have become synonymous with the financial sector in Ghana in recent times, notably from 2012. Owing to many reasons, the Bank of Ghana merged Royal Bank, uniBank, Sovereign Bank, Beige Bank and Construction Bank into the Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) in 2018. There appears to be paucity on issues of internal communication from the perspectives of sense-making theory and situational crisis communication theory within the social constructivist perspective. The s...
ABSTRACT Although there are many studies conducted on cannabis and its effect on the people who use them, with regards to their health, relationships and personal development, each user may have unique reasons and experiences that spur him or her on to use it. The study is limited to only the undergraduate student users of cannabis at the University of Education, Winneba with the aim of finding out the culture that surrounds the consumption and use of cannabis. The data collection method...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine how students at the University of Education, Winneba perceive Talking Point, a talk show programme on Ghana Television (GTV). Factors that motivate students at University of Education, Winneba to watch Talking Point; students’ perception of Talking Point host, guests, and topics; and how Talking Point affects the students were all investigated. Participants for the study were twenty-five students who had been selected using the purposive an...
ABSTRACT The study examines the blog posts and blogger profiles of selected top African bloggers. The study is premised on the grounds that; first, the blogosphere is one of the most suitable online spaces for the construction and exploration of identity; second, that women can use the blogosphere to explore their creativity and true identity through their writing; and third, that the identity of the woman has been veiled from time immemorial since women as writers as well as their w...
ABSTRACT The introduction of the Internet has brought about transformation in every sphere of human life. One area that this technology is transforming the world is the area of news consumption. The Internet has made it easier for news consumers to listen and read news at a click of a button. Online news is now consumed anytime and everywhere. This study aims at investigating the news consumption habits of students of the University of Education, Winneba. A questionnaire and semi str...
Abstract The study focuses on the perception of discriminationexperienced by foreign students studying in Central University. This study sought from the five Nigerian students studying in Central University the kinds of discriminatory challenges they faced as they pursued their studies, the impact it had on their studies and what could be done to mitigate it. The major findings of the study revealed that the Nigerian students had reported only a few instances of discrimination, with the majo...
ABSTRACT This study examines how the BBC and Al Jazeera Online newspapers framed the xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The study is underpinned by the Framing Theory. Data were gathered from 32 news and feature articles by the BBC and 63 by Al Jazeera Online newspapers. These were thematically analyzed. The findings reveal that the attribution of Responsibility frame is the most dominant. This was followed by the frames of Human Interest, Economic Consequence, Conflict, and Morality in the...