Abstract The purpose of this study was to establish if the people who have 'liked' the NAMPOL Facebook page found the page useful from the purview of police-community relations; to determine if there is a difference in perception of police-community relations between those who have “liked” the page and those who have not liked the page; to determine if demographic variables impacted respondents' views on interactivity and engagement of NAMPOL's Facebook page. The study involved a survey ...
Abstract This study investigated the strategies employed by newspapers in Namibia to adopt new media technologies in their daily operations with a specific focus on New Era and The Namibian newspaper. The study also assessed how the print media has adopted new media technologies and examined how new media technologies have changed operations of news organisations. Using a qualitative method in the form of a case study, a non-probability sampling technique was used to purposively select the s...
ABSTRACT The study examines the power the media play in driving public perceptions and makes a cogent case to challenge the traditional gender stereotypical frameworks assigned to women in media reportage in politics and corporate business. The study analysed gender stereotypical frameworks in the Namibian print media on women in leadership positions in Parliament and State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) by employing the triangulation method of using both the quantitative and qualitative tools of ...
Abstract Considering the efforts to resolve the societal phenomenon of violence against women, universal in all countries, information, awareness-raising and the role of the media are regarded as key targets. According to the European Commission (2010), the media sector is the most important source of information. Consequently, this paper aimed to look at the roles male and female voices play in reporting Gender Based Violence in the media. The media plays a big role not only in creating awa...
Abstract This study examined public relations in the Namibian public sector from three key perspectives; the PRO, the public and the permanent secretaries who are the official accounting officers of ministries. The research sought responses from different groups of respondents who all have a role to play in PR practice in the public sector. The purpose of the research was to bring PR practice in the public sector to the fore and highlight how the PROs carry out their tasks in the public sect...
Abstract This study analyses Uganda’s 2004 Broadcast Policy in light of the WSIS principles in order to establish whether the policy enables radio to build an inclusive and people-centred Information Society, and if so, in what ways it does this. The study specifically focuses on radio, which it views as the dominant medium in Uganda, and therefore the medium with the greatest potential to build a sustainable Information Society in the country. The study is informed by media policy theorie...