ABSTRACT This study was a quantitative content analysis of the reportage of HIV/AIDS issues by the Daily Graphic and the Daily Guide from 2000 to 2015. Using the theories of framing and issue-attention cycle, this study was to determine the pattern of coverage and frames of HIV/AIDS stories and the sources used in such news stories. Also, how specific-issue frames relating to HIV/AIDS changed with time and the differences apparent in the way the two newspapers covered HIV/AIDS issues were exa...
This research exercise is on the challenges of journalism practice in Nigeria (A study of Nigerian Television Authority, Enugu). The research study adopted the systems theory and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory as the theoretical framework for this study. The research population comprised 89 staff workers and the research study adopted the number as the sample size for the study. The questionnaire served as instrument of data collection. The data collected was analyzed using simple perc...
This study is a comparative analysis of Brecht's theory of presentational theatrical production with the Tiv Kwagh-hir theatre showing both the similarities and differences. Broadly speaking, both the Brechtian Epic theatre and the Kwagh-hir theatre share the same approach to production. The Kwagh-hir as paradigm for the African traditional theatre shows that from time immemorial productions follow the Brechtian presentational style of production because it is essentially a story telling...
The research was motivated by the need to review traditional beliefs of the Tiv currently undermined by the significant impact of technological change. The Tiv now put more emphasis on technology and its benefits, resulting in an erosion of traditional values within family and clan structures. The work is based on primary sources, including oral interviews with Tiv in positions of leadership, retired elders and chiefs, as well as average citizens. Secondary sources include materials fro...
ABSTRACT Looking at the increasing number of the youth migrating from the rural areas to an urban areas and bearing in mind the implications of rural-urban migration on the origin communities and destinations, this study sought to explore the challenges the rural folks face with regards to ruralurban migration particularly its effects on agricultural productivity. The objectives of the study were to: (i) describe the characteristics of household heads in the study area, (ii) find out about yo...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to examine the factors that influenced the dissemination and adoption of soil fertility management (SFM) strategies to farmers in rural areas. It further assessed the communication channels that were deployed to spread information on SFM. This study was conducted in two separate districts – Kwaebibirem in the Eastern Region and Ada West in the Greater Accra Region – to compare findings from two different climatic zones. The diffusion of innovation and th...
ABSTRACT The research analyzes the Security Sector Reform in post-war Liberia under the auspices of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the United States Government, from 2003 until the transition of security responsibilities to the government of Liberia in 2016. The objectives of the research basically examines the capability of the security sector as it relates to the continuation and provision of national security post-UNMIL and most significantly, after a reformed security s...
ABSTRACT This research analyses the difficulties associated with the use and transformation of sentences from the active voice into the passive voice in French. Our analysis was done through the various use and transformation of the passive voice in some documents or books by different authors and through interactions and dialogues with learners and some teachers of French language. It was found out that most students or learners of French are not able to do the correct transformation of the ...
ABSTRACT Most Ghanaian second cycle institutions factor little training into information literacy skills for teachers. As a result most teachers are challenged in the use of information literacy in their teaching and learning process. This study therefore set out to examine the current level of information literacy in this era of information age among teachers in second cycle institutions in the Cape Coast metropolis. Being the oldest and among the category ‘A’ schools in Ghana, Mfantsipi...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the perspectives of community members on two womenempowerment programmes on Radio Peace. The study used the qualitative method approach. A purposive sampling technique was used to sample twenty-five respondents in total. Through key-informant interviews, focus group discussions and anchored on participatory communication and the game theory of participation, the study revealed that the women-empowerment programmes are centered on community participation, just ...
ABSTRACT Conceptually situated within the Kachruvian approach to the study of non-native varieties of English, this study delves into the nature of semantic change in Ghanaian English. It examines the mechanisms of meaning creation in Ghanaian English and highlights the kinds of semantic changes that are involved in this meaning creation process. This study brings to the fore creative innovations as well as sociolinguistic realities in the lexis of Ghanaian English. From the sociolinguistic s...
Abstract This research revolved around the study of the precolonial and colonial cultural lifeways of the people of Nkonya Wurupong. This archaeological investigation was carried out to assess the impact of the 19th and 20th centuries cultural contacts and interactions among the Nkonya people and with other local groups of people (especially the Akan imperial forces) and the colonial authoritative force (Germans) in Nkonya Wurupong, Volta Region of Ghana. An eclectic approach was employed in ...
ABSTRACT The Computerized School Selection and Placement System introduced in Ghana is yet to fully realize its usefulness as there are still elements of influence in the placement system far from the raw scores. The increasing level of inefficiencies therefore requires an investigation into stakeholders‟ perception on the CSSPS and its ability to resolve the challenges of the manual placement system. The study adopted a mixed research design involving the administration of questionnaires t...
ABSTRACT This study examines the suitability or otherwise of the National Theatre of Ghana and the Efua Theodora Sutherland Drama Studio (E.T.S Drama Studio) at the University of Ghana, taking into account what these structures entail as theatre spaces for productions. This research then became significant because the researcher realised not much documentation has been done on these structures especially in terms of what each possesses and what it does not. Hence this study seeks first to fil...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the parental attitude towards female-child education in the Kintampo North Municipality. Respondents were two hundred and forty (240). This consists of thirty (30) teachers, one hundred students 190 students and twenty (20) parents. Two methods of data analysis were adopted, first, descriptive statistics involving the use of frequency, percentages and pie chart were used to present the data use to present data collected. The frequency was then...