ABSTRACT This study empirically examines the professional role professional journalists in Uganda in the context of the country’s democratization process. The finding of the study show that Uganda professional journalists basically see themselves as working for the public interest mainly through serving the people and challenging the powerful. On the basis of these findings the article ends with reflections on the need to rethink the prevailing approach in strategies to empower journalists ...
Mulago Hospital has adopted new technologies that promise to provide significant cost savings and productivity improvements. A by-product of the adoption of this new technology is that business transactions and business decisions are being made electronically. Business records are being created, disseminated and stored in electronic format. The use of these new technologies has improved Mulago 's capacity to respond to customer queries and has generally reduced the time required to conduct a ...
ABSTRACT The researcher was interested in investigating on the print media and changing of voting behavior of electorates in Uganda. The research was guided by objectives which were intended to; examine the role of print media coverage on shaping the voting behaviors of electorates in Uganda, find out the challenges encountered by print media coverage in shaping the voting behaviors of electorates in Uganda and establish the strategies devised to overcome the challenges faced in shaping the v...
ABSTRACT The research topic sought to investigate, the role of the media in protection of disabled children rights to socially integrate; Kenya as a case study. The key objectives were selected to show the extent of the study. Among them were; G To find out how the media has been effective in protecting the rights of the disabled children in Kenya. o To find out whether the government has been supporting the media in their role of protecting the disabled children rights. To investigate whethe...
ABSTRACT This research report on the "Role of Broadcasting Media in Promoting Gender Equality in Uganda" was carried out at Uganda Broadcasting Corporation and its specific aims were to verify the role played my media in the promotion of gender equality; to identify the copping practices amongst the gender equality promotion factions and lastly to establish the government intervention/contribution to gender equality promotion. To grasp the problem of the study, a documentary review of Literat...
ABSTRACT This research was done to enhance role, recognition and management of Public relations professiOn, as its (book) concerned wiili ilieory about its back ground historically, d1e aclmowledgement of its role and challenges in organizations today. In ilie first chapter iliere's d1e introduction to the problem stated as its explained how Public relations has tried to grow in bod1 scope and importance since an increase in d1e world's population. The view point of chapter two and four is s...
ABSTRACT The research on: “the role of the media in promoting community services in Masaka district. The research concluded that media face challenges in promoting community services in Masaka District. The study was guided by three research questions which included: finding out which media programs that promotes community services; finding out the impact of media programs to the community members; and finding out the challenges the media face in promoting these programs to the community ...
Abstract This chapter is concerned with the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, scope of the study, and significance of the study. 1.1 Background of the study The mass media have been found to play a critical role in maintaining the gender-power imbalance, passing on dominant, patriarchal and sexist values. But such a situation is not inherent in the nature of media. They can instead be agents of development and progress if guided by...
Abstract The interests and concerns of people living in poverty are not sufficiently exposed by the media. Economic and market pressures on the media are tending to de-prioritize journalistic investigations and reporting on issues of social and public concern. Because the poor often do not constitute a viable market, issues of concern to them are increasingly and partially marginalized. New strategies, which address these issues and reinforce freedom of expression, need to be devised. Threat...
Abstract The role of the press to persuade people to respond to a certain event is very central in each and every society. Today this role has taken route of political campaigns in any country in the world, regardless of its advancement; the press is widely used during political campaigns. Thus, the study of mass media effect has progressively focused on the political impact of mass media. In Uganda, this study has not gained much consideration. The literature available is very little and it ...
This research was carried out in National union of Disabled Person of Uganda NUDIPU in Kampala Uganda and other institution dealingwith disability within Kampala. The research examined how the media covers the day to day activities of the disabled persons in society and how its integration in their lifestyle. The major research problem was to examine the impact of the media in highlighting lifestyle of the disabled persons in the society. The instruments used were self administered quest...
The study sought to establish the Impact of Community Radio· on Freedom of Speech In Uganda. The media in Uganda has undergone radical transformation from the past situation where successive governments right from colonialism carried on a mentality that the media was only significant to government. The state run media largely in existence at the time tended towards fragmented, individualistic and elitist reporting which left a larger percentage of the population with no effective media ...
ABSTRACT This research work attempted to find out what role the medial (Internet) has played in globalizing the third world countries. In this study, Uganda was used to represent these nations. The study looked at the different facets of the Internet and its contributions to Uganda. Data for this study was colleted through the use of questionnaires and Interviews. The instnunents particularly sought the people's knowledge about the Inte1net and globalization, and generally the contribution t...
ABSTRACT There has been research done before on advertising, hov.-rever this has only been done on print and broadcast journalism. This research therefore attempts to find out how women are portrayed through television advertising, in Kenya.
Abstract This study was carried out to identify and examine the role and challenges of the media in multiparty governance. This is because accessing information and expressing it, is aright of the media Ll BACKGROUNDo In Uganda the media has taken a new role, the concern has been, what they carry, the political and the necessary developments compiled with management changes that has been realized in the multiparty politics measured by the freedom of speech to publish and broadcast material. U...