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...
ABSTRACT This study is a critical discourse analysis of three selected speeches of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The analysis is situated in Fairclough’s triadic model for Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Thompson’s modes of ideology. A CDA of the speeches revealed how the speeches reflect prevailing societal issues such as respect for systems and structures of authority, responsibility, Pan- Africanism, total independence, patriotism, the Ghanaian identity and rules and ex...
ABSTRACT This research examined the forms of communication between teacher unions and their members in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Area. The study aimed at identifying the various communication media used by the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), and the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) in interacting with their members. The researcher employed a qualitative in-depth interviews and a purposive sampling size to collect data from four executives ...
ABSRACT The study investigated the experiences of female sports journalists in Ghana. The study was based on the feminist and stereotype theories. The research investigated selected female sports journalists‟ lived experiences and their perceptions on being in a male dominated profession. The study was conducted using in-depth interviews with selected female sports journalists. The study revealed that sports journalism is clearly a gendered profession that not only welcomes men enthu...