ABSTRACT The issue of role and portrayal of women in media and videos has been an issue and constantly advocated for change by feminist film theorist. The stereotype of women by the kind of role they play and how they are portrayed tends to be negative and demeaning, this problem is global, from Hollywood, to Bollywood, Nollywood and Kannywood. The situation in Nollywood is characterized by gender disparity in the portrayal of women. The study employed the Qualitative survey research design....
Pragmatic features of language vary across different circumstances, languages and cultures. This variability may result to incompetence in language users‟ choice and production of pragmatic strategies leading to pragmatic failure or communication breakdown. This study aimed at examining apology strategies by English as Second Language (ESL) students of the University of Kabianga. Successful communication is possible when ESL learners have pragmatic competence that enables them to use l...
Learning styles influence students in all levels of education and a mismatch of teaching styles to preferred learning styles makes learning a stressful experience to many learners. In Nairobi County, students in both private and public schools have not been performing well in sciences. In the study, matched teaching styles with preferred learning styles were conceptualised as the independent variables that determine their performance in biology and geography. The purpose of this study th...
Positive occupational health psychology research is rapidly taking centre stage in the field of work and wellness in the 21st century. However, three person-specific variables (existential fulfillment, work engagement and job burnout) have received little attention in studies among Kenya universities professional counsellors. The aim of the current study was to explore the relationship between existential fulfillment, work engagement and job burnout among Kenya universities professional ...
Stress is a major global health challenge affecting the well-being of service providers especially those working in the human service sectors like; police officers, teachers, health care providers and media specialists. This study was prompted by emerging information from studies that, stress is a silent killer that affects the health of service providers leading to; mental, physical, and emotional disorders. In Kenya and Kisumu County in particular studies on occupational stress among police...
Counter-terrorism and anti-terrorism operations and activities need close coordination between the intelligence agencies and the police as some terrorists will require to be processed for justice in criminal courts, others are handled with forces of the military or covert and overt actions. In the past years, very vital steps have been adopted to promote more close cooperation between the two communities, but some hold the belief that acts of terror may have been promoted by persistent poor e...
Children have varying challenges in public primary schools. Majority of autistic children attend public schools and it is important to ensure they receive adequate services. Several institutional factors have been established which affects holistic development of autistic children in Kenyan primary schools especially in rural areas. The purpose of the study was to determine the institutional factors influencing holistic development of autistic learners in public primary schools, Uasin Gishu C...
Interfaith dialogue is indispensable to peace and tranquility globally within the context of religious pluralism. Christians and Muslims worldwide stand in need of greater intercommunication, collaboration, and interfaith dialogue for harmonious living. Leaders of these faiths concur that Christian-Muslim dialogue is imperative. However, the interaction between Pentecostal Christians and Muslims has generally been characterized by distrust, apprehension and mutual rivalry, sometimes resu...
The study aimed at determining the role of non-state actors‟ counter-radicalization programs in the fight against terrorism in Kamukunji sub-county, Nairobi County, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the methods and processes of the counter-radicalization programs employed by various non-state actors in the fight against terrorism, evaluate the non-state actors‟ perception of the performance of the counter-radicalization programs in the fight against terroris...
Media coverage of conflicts has since time immemorial been a challenge owing to the complexities involved. For the Kenyan case, the country’s Kenya Defence Force was getting involved in a maiden international war in 2011 otherwise dubbed Operation ‘Linda Nchi’ to curb the terrorist threat on Kenyan soil. Similarly, Kenyan media were engaged in their maiden coverage of international war and had to deliver information about the war to the public with skills honed from the coverage of...
Police use of excessive force has seemingly become more prevalent in this day and age. Despite excessive use of force being an ongoing issue of concern in the country and its continued use as a strategy of suppressing election instigated violence in the country, much effort has not been put to establish the effectiveness of the strategy in achieving its objectives. This study therefore intended to establish causes, effectiveness of police use of excessive force, and effects of police use...
Abstract Time is recently the critical element in standardizing productivity, profits and salaries and consequently important for the accomplishment of business, the activities related to schemes, performance of the required tasks according to specific standard times, for this, the need to study the problem of performing the required tasks (performance Level) in the planned time in order to promote the companies working in the field of construction to the highest levels of performance by meas...
ABSTRACT The study examined AUN students’ awareness of the All Progressives Congress, APC,use of the social media in the 2015 Nigerian presidential election. The study sought to gauge how much AUN students know about APC’s use of the social media in the 2015 Nigerian presidential election. The study is anchored on two relevant theories: Media Dependency and Agenda-Setting theories. The researcher used survey method,with questionnaire as the instrument for data collection. The data gather...
Abstract The centre of towns around the world are considered standard for success and center for social needs and future prospect also their urban centers are considered the threat and life line. An urban center are the centers for economical political and social activities and are considered financial and business centers. More over these urban centers are considered demographic economical and environmental challenges. The capital of Sudan, Khartoum is considered one of most important citie...
ABSTRACT No studies have been conducted to determine Social Media Usage Pattern & Users Content among IDPs present in Jimeta-Yola, Adamawa State Nigeria. Therefore this study aims to enlighten the impact of Social Media Usage, its pattern and the kind of information being sought after by IDPs. 25 IDPs where interviewed oneon-one in Jimeta. Feedback from the interviews where carefully examined by the researcher using the Uses and Gratification Theory by Kartz, Blumber and Guvetich. The result...