http://etd.aau.edu.et:80/dspace/handle/123456789/10 Search the Channel search http://etd.aau.edu.et:80/dspace/simple-search http://etd.aau.edu.et:80/dspace/handle/123456789/3772 Title: The State of Journalistic Frauds in Major Newspapers <br/> <br/>Authors: Tekabe, Ambaw <br/> <br/>Abstract: In the age of information society, having ethical journalists in all media houses is indispensible for the people to exercise the right to know the truth. As one can easily guess, truth or information gives people power. This power intern can transform the society in to a new level of development. This power can also enable society to entertain democracy. Ethical journalists are the one who facilitates this power to be used by the people. When journalists become unable to accomplish this role, the society will label journalists and the profession as a whole ‘untrustworthy and dishonesty’. In order journalists to play their role effectively, journalists ought to fulfill six elements of the profession; that are truthfulness, accuracy, objectivity, impartiality, fairness, and public accountability. This study therefore tries to see whether Ethiopian journalists strive to preserve these standards or not. It also aims at finding or understanding the states of plagiarism, fabrication, unbalance, unbalance and omission in major newspaper companies located in Addis Ababa. Likewise, it will look at the major factors that hinder journalists from achieving all these standards in their media houses. And finally the paper will give practical solutions for the factors that deter journalists to be truthful and honesty. The study is conducted in ten major newspapers namely; Addis Admass, Addis Zemen, Awramba Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:57:41 GMT http://etd.aau.edu.et:80/dspace/handle/123456789/3556 Title: Communication Strategies of the Organization for Rehabilitation and Development in Amhara (ORDA) in Environmental Protection with Reference to Sustainable Community Forest Development in its Operational Areas: The Case of Woldia Akababi Woreda <br/> <br/>Authors: Biruk, Belete <br/> <br/>Abstract: The seriousness of environmental issues has been in the fore mainly because of its significance to human sustainability. This paper also acknowledges the critical importance of communication strategies in environmental protection particularly in the process of forest resource development and its sustainable management and thus human sustainability. Hence, the paper dominantly dwells on exploring the communication strategies of ORDA: a local non-government organization operating in Amhara region in promoting tree plantation and sustainable community forest development as an integral part of its rural development programme. Development, participatory and social mobilization communication theories comprise the basis for the theoretical part of the paper. Mass, interpersonal and traditional modes of communication also provide the possible theoretical communication approaches of the project. The study mainly centers on addressing the information, education and communication practices ORDA use to create awareness, as well as mobilize the rural community on sustainable community forest development. The challenges in sustainable community forest development (institutional, technical, socio-cultural and others), the communication strategies ORDA adopted to promote sustainable community forest development and the harmony of message contents with the local cultures and contexts are the central issues discussed in the paper. Appropriateness of the approaches and the lessons learned from the programme are also included. Qualitative data collection designs: FGDs, in-depth individual interview and participant observation with a semi- structured guide questions were used to garner data. Visual data were also included in the overall data collected. The research was based on Woldia Akababi Woreda, part of Semien Wollo zone in Amhara Region. According to the theories and research questions used in the study, the data gathered from Tikurwuha and Gebriel rural villages woldia Akababai woreda were presented, discussed and analyzed qualitatively. As a result, it was indicated that traditional communication was most effectively used by ORDA in mobilizing local communities in tree plantation campaigns and equally favored by the communities was interpersonal communication. Sembeties, zikirs, religious venues, social gatherings were some of the centers for the information exchange in the communities. In addition, occasional illegal free grazing, illegal tree cutting from the community forests were some of the socio-cultural challenges in sustainable community forest development that the study discovered. Based on its findings, the paper suggests some options and strategies for optimizing ORDA’s present communication approaches and minimizing their limitations. In other words, it calls for some reappraisals in the methods of communicating environmental messages for effective forest development and conservation programmers among traditional, predominantly non-literate and common resource dependent poor Woldia Akababi Woreda communities and by extension, Amhara as well as Ethiopian tree planters. Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:30:45 GMT http://etd.aau.edu.et:80/dspace/handle/123456789/1900 Title: THE ESSENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRACTICES OF ETHIOPIAN TELEVISION NEWSROOM <br/> <br/>Authors: DANIEL, BEKELE <br/> <br/>Abstract: This thesis examines whether Ethiopian Television’s current system of accountability encourages the ethical practice of journalism. It explores newsroom practices by highlighting journalism as a profession and examining journalistic ethical standards in general and journalistic responsibility and accountability in specific. It evaluates ETV’s editorial policy, noting to whom its journalists are accountable, examining gaps between newsroom policy and practices regarding accountability and gauging whether editorial policy encourages accountability. This study also reveals the newsroom’s institutional accountability rather than the journalists’ individual values. It also documents ETV shortfalls and omissions regarding accountability and suggests newsroom procedures to encourage it. <br/> <br/>Description: A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Journalism and Communication, Addis Ababa University in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Masters of Arts in Journalism and Communication Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:56:28 GMT http://etd.aau.edu.et:80/dspace/handle/123456789/1899 Title: SELF-CENSORSHIP AMONG PRINT JOURNALISTS IN ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT MEDIA <br/> <br/>Authors: NEBIYU, YONAS <br/> <br/>Abstract: In Ethiopia, where democracy is in its infancy and where press freedom is clearly stipulated but not freely implemented, journalists practice self-censorship. This, in fact, is a fairly typical experience for many journalists in many parts of the world. This particular research focuses on how Ethiopian journalists in state-owned print media censor themselves and why they do so. The study also discusses how such self-censorship impacts news articles and various stories and how this affects freedom of speech and of the press. This study employed questionnaires and individual in-depth interviews, using the snowball sampling method. Data were also thematically analyzed based on related literature reviews and interview responses. Journalists, both editors and reporters working in Ethiopian government media outlets, practice self-censorship, directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally. They define self-censorship differently, depending on their experiences and perceptions. Practicing self-censorship, they said, can be useful or harmful and even both, depending on issues reported, the situation, and the potential impact on the public. This study also indicates that journalists censor themselves mainly for political reasons but also for religious, cultural, economic and ethnic reasons, and out of fear of bosses, editors and government officials. They also practice self-censorship to be safe and to preserve jobs. <br/> <br/>Description: A THESIS SUBMITTED TO FACULTY OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ART IN JOURNALISM Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:50:38 GMT