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    A Framing Analysis of People with Disability in Ethiopian Newspapers
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-06) Dangul, Gezahegne; Alemayehu, Mulatu (PhD)
    The main objective of the present study was to analyze how Addis Zemen and Reporter newspapers framed and covered issues of people with disabilities. The study aimed at identifying and analyzing the dominant frames and themes used while reporting on issues of disability in the government and private owned newspapers. The content analyzed newspapers cover a period of one year from September 11, 2017 to September 10, 2018. In one-year period of the study, it was found only 44 stories in two selected newspapers. Out of these, 33 articles are published in Addis Zemen and 11 articles are printout in the Reporter newspapers. An interview was also conducted with two editors and one reporter of the newspapers. The major findings of the content analysis indicated that Addis Zemen and Reporter newspapers‘ coverage of issues of disability was characterized by a dominant use of the neglect and the educative themes and the attribution responsibility frame. Eight articles have the educative theme in the Addis Zemen newspaper where five articles have the neglect theme in the Reporter newspaper. Nine articles have the attribution responsibility frame in the Addis Zemen while the Reporter has 5 articles. Addis Zemen has 18 featured articles, while 8 articles constitute news. The Reporter has 5 articles constituting news, while 4 are features .Addis Zemen has 3 front page, and 5 back page articles; the remaining 25 are inside page articles; 26 of these articles are large sized and 7 are medium sized. The Reporter published 9 large sized and 2 medium sized articles. The Addis Zemen has 12 articles on multiple disability, 8 on visual impairment, 6 on physical disability, 3 on hearing difficulty, and 2 articles on mental illness and leprosy. The Reporter newspaper has 6 articles on multiple disability, 2 on physical disability, and 1 article on visual impairment, speaking difficulty and depression.21 articles have used government organizations‘ officials as their sources in the Addis Zemen and Reporter publications. In 16 articles find people with disability as sources of information, while in 11 articles NGOs and in another 11 articles experts are used as sources of information. The findings implied that issues of disability were not considered prominent in both of the newspapers. The findings also implied that the newspapers do not give attention to the achievement of people with disabilities.