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MEDIA AND SPORT: GENDERED COVERAGE OF FEMALE FOOTBALL STORIES IN THE GHANAIAN PRINT MEDIA

ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate how the Ghanaian print media frame or portrays female football stories in Ghana. The study was based on the Agenda Setting, Framing and Feminist theories. The study used qualitative method for the data collection and analysis. Two sports newspapers, the Graphic Sports and the Finder Sports, were selected and content analysed for the study. The study showed that the Ghanaian print media often portrayed female footballers and coaches as mentally weak ...

Media and Sports: Gendered Coverage of Female Football Stories in the Ghanaian Print Media

ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate how the Ghanaian print media frame or portrays female football stories in Ghana. The study was based on the Agenda Setting, Framing and Feminist theories. The study used qualitative method for the data collection and analysis. Two sports newspapers, the Graphic Sports and the Finder Sports, were selected and content analysed for the study. The study showed that the Ghanaian print media often portrayed female footballers and coaches as mentally weak ...

Enhancing Rural Development in Mberengwa North through Community Radio. Case of YA FM

Abstract This study examines the role of YA FM in enhancing rural development in Mberengwa North district. The research sought to identify and review the major contributions that were brought by YA FM in the development of rural communities. The main focus of this research was to identify programmes related to rural development and how these are stimulating development in rural areas. Despite some challenges and personal agendas, YA FM has managed to design programmes that have positivel...

THE JUNIOR GRAPHIC AND READING HABITS OF YOUNG TEENAGERS

ABSTRACT Reading is a skill that is vital to the development of an individual’s mind and for that matter the growth and progression of one’s life. It is even more beneficial for children when they are in their most impressionable stage of development, to develop good reading habits in them as they progress through the various stages of life as pupils, students, and into the adult life of career-hood. Reading for leisure has been seen as an effective way to cultivate the creative and criti...

The Role Of The Media In Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation Among The Kish Community Of Kenya In Kish Central District A Case Studyof The Abagusii Community

ABSTRACT This dissertation demonstrates critical analysis of the research findings on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kisii !entral District with special a~~ media. Three research areas were accessed: la report on harmful traditional practices that affect the health of the women and their children in kisii1 the large span of the media and its coverage, from this report, the findings were discussed under selection criteria while p1aying a large concern on economic...

Corporate Social Responsibility Among Small And Medium Enterprises In Ghana

ABSTRACT The main objective of this research was to explore the understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and to find out among others, the CSR activities that they undertook, as well as how they communicated those activities. In-depth interviews were carried out with four managers of four SMEs who were members of the Association of Ghana Industries. The study was carried out within the framework of the stakeholder theory and the two-way ...

The Media And Promotion Of Job Markets In Uganda A Case Study Of Observer And New Vision Newspapers

ABSTRACT The purpose of study was to assess how the relationship between media and promotions of job markets in Uganda, the objectives of the study were to examine the role of media in the promotion of job markets in Uganda, to establish the factors that affects the media in promotion of job markets in Uganda, to ascertain the relationship between the role of media and promotion ofjob markets Uganda. The findings of the study in objective one, that 35% of the respondents said they were satisf...

The Role Of The Broadcast Media In Preserving Culture: A Case Study Of Wbs Television

ABSTRACT The research topic was chosen because the media do not believe that preserving culture is part and parcel of the media and can enhance people’s understanding of culture and its values. The research examined the role played by the broadcast media in preserving culture in Uganda. This is because cultural values had deteriorated and WBS a luganda speaking station was chosen because it that covers almost the biggest percentage of the country. Specific objectives were used to examine th...

Media Ownership And Its Influence On Content In South Sudan Television (Sstv)

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the extent to which media owners control affects the operations of media houses. The study was guided by three specific objectives and these included; to examine the extent to which media owner and external force influence the daily operations of media organizations, to find out how profit maximization motives of media corporations affect the quality of content produced, and to establish the magnitude at which media content impacts on the a...

Challenges of Media Privatization in Uganda Case Study Kfm

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A Comparative Appraisal Analysis Of Political News In The Namibian And New Era Newspapers From 2015 To 2018

ABSTRACT The thesis is a comparative Appraisal analysis of political news from two Namibian English newspapers (The Namibian and New Era), particularly focusing examining the propagation of journalistic attitudinal biases in political ‘hard news’ stories and journalistic ‘objectivity’. The research compares the textual structures of news reports from the English language reporting Namibian newspapers (The Namibian and New Era), during the period January 2015 - December 2018. It is a t...

Challenges Faced By The Media In Combating Terrorism A Case Study Of Nairobi, Kenya

ABSTRACT This study was carried out in Nairobi city, Kenya. The purpose of the study was to find out the challenges faced by the media when combating ten"Orism. The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods to do the research. Data collection methods were thinks like questionnaires and both formal and infonnal interviews. The study revealed several causes ofterr01ism, their effects and some of the problems the media personalities face when trying to combat terrorism. The study rec...

How Print Media in Uganda is Unbalanced on Political Coverage; A Case of the New Vision and Daily Monitor Newspapers

ABSTRACT This study set out to examine Uganda Print Media, Un-Balanced Political Coverage; a Case of The Ne11· vision and Daily Monitor News papers. This study was conducted under the following specific objectives; to explore the causes of unbalanced political coverage of print media in Uganda, to find out and analyze the implication of unbalanced political coverage of print media in Uganda and to assess the role of unbalanced political coverage of print media on readers in Uganda. The study...

Hiv & Aids Stigma, Namibian Newspapers And Health Policies, 2000 - 2012: An Investigation Of Framing, Priming And Agenda-Setting Effects.

ABSTRACT Media representation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) disease has greatly influenced how the disease and those who are affected by it are perceived in the society, thus often causing stigma towards those infected and affected. This dissertation therefore investigated to what extent stigma is present in print media reporting on HIV & AIDS in Namibia. This is because controlling the spread and managing HIV & AIDS in the country has be...

E-media Operations Control System

Abstract In coming up with a study on the e-media operation control System, a research was set up, phases in five distinct groups. The major drive of the research was the inefficiency of the patriot newsprint on the market compared to the other established media organizations due to delays in the internal operations of the production of the newsprint caused by long article movement channels and also much use of manual processes on the production process before print. To tackle this problem, t...


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