Browsing by Author "Dino, Abdulaziz"

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    Acceptability and implementation of Development Journalism: the case of Radio Ethiopia.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2010-06) Dino, Abdulaziz; Hassen, Mohammed (PhD)
    This research attempts to assess the level of acceptability as well as the level of implementation of development journalism by Radio Ethiopia in general and development journalists in particular. It mainly examines the views, perceptions and experiences of development journalists by using in-depth interviews, focused group discussions, personal observation and document review. In the in-depth interviews and focused group discussions deliberately selected development journalists were made to reflect their genuine views and perceptions concerning development and development journalism, and the relevance of practicing development journalism in the media. They were also made to reflect their role perceptions and their practical roles as a development journalist. As for the emphasis given to rural development reporting in the Ethiopian government media, Radio Ethiopian journalists also reflected much about the level of emphasis the media and journalists have given to rural development reporting in particular. In this regard, intensity of their inspiration and the media's tendencies in assigning journalists to rural have been analyzed. The research also attempted to examine the major challenges throughout the practice of development journalism. The findings show that development journalism is well-accepted as relevant and essential to the media, and hence, to Ethiopia. Yet it is misrepresented by deconstructing and then reconstructing it in a way it looses its widely accepted versions which allow significant amount of criticality. Moreover, development journalism is mistreated and the quality of the practice has not been adequately valued by potential stakeholders: the government, the media, journalists, and journalism education schools in Ethiopia. At the end, the research suggests possible pOints of action as to secure the acceptability and the quality of the practice of development journalism in Ethiopia.
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    Framing of Identity and Boundary Disputes by Regional Media in Ethiopia: Amhara TV and Tigrai TV in Focus
    (AAU, 2020-10) Tadesse, Fasikaw; Dino, Abdulaziz
    In recent years many were attacked and displaced due to their identity in different parts of Ethiopia. Clashes associated with ‘identity and boundary questions’ cost the lives of many peoples, especially in Amhara and Tigrai regional states. The media having a pivotal role in calming down such kind of situation rather worsen the causality. This research critically explored how regional media, particularly Amhara TV and Tigrai TV framed ‘identity and boundary questions’ from September 1, 2018- March 30, 2019. Informed by framing and political economy theories, the study applied both quantitative and qualitative methods to achieve the objective of this study. Sixty purposively selected news stories from both media were analyzed and interpreted to examine types of news frames and news sources used while reporting such issues. The findings of this study showed the media employed various types of news frames to attain their interest. While Amhara TV focused on broadcasting the ‘identity’ based killings and jailing, Tigrai TV’s framing stressed on identity questions of Ethiopian’s were already solved and associated the issue with the federal government meddling. The research concludes that both media institutions employed several framing technics that would harm the coexistence of people and puts recommendations on how to alleviate the gaps.