Browsing by Author "Gebru, Amanuel ( professor)"

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    Media as A Public Forum: The Case of Amhara Mass Media Agency’s ‘YEKETEMOCH Mederek’ Program
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Alemenew, Zelalem; Gebru, Amanuel ( professor)
    This research attempted to examine how Yeketemoch Mederek program of AMMA is serving as a public forum primarily focusing on how the program is contributing to the promotion of good governance and democracy in Amhara Regional State. Yeketemoch Mederek is a radio and TV program produced based on the forum held between city administrators and the society. The forum is organized and chaired by journalists of the media. Thus, the researcher employed qualitative research method. In-depth interview was conducted with 14 purposively selected key informants while records of forums held in two randomly selected towns were reviewed. In the forum, issues related to lack of good governance and problems of infrastructure development were most commonly raised. The study revealed that the program is contributing its part to the promotion of good governance and democracy by adopting the principle of naming and shaming and serving as a bridge between the governors and the society. It also demonstrates these roles by alarming local leaders to be accountable added to creating a platform for the exercise of democracy and creation of awareness. As the findings indicate, the regional government supports the program with an enthusiasm that it could contribute to the promotion of democracy and good governance in the region. The finding also revealed that even though many positive changes were attained as a result of the forum, there are still towns of the region where no significant change was observed. The strength of the program lies in its effort of conducting mini research ahead of the discussion, making follow up stories and being able to manage the discussions properly. On the other hand, an assessment of the weaknesses of the program showed that the program focusing on comments and criticisms against the administrators by giving little emphasis on what is expected from the society. It also fails to give analysis, interpretations, and comments to the problems raised in the forums. Moreover, having no fixed time of transmission on both TV and radio is also the other weakness. The study finally suggested the program to have a fixed time of transmission. Producers of the program shall also invite experts to give analysis, interpretations, and comments to the problems raised in the forums. Media policy makers shall design a policy that compels other media organizations of Ethiopia to incorporate organizing forums as part of their principal duties.
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    The Nature of Turn Taking Patterns in Group Discussion: 10+2 Students of Cruise Private School in Focus
    (Addis Ababa University, 2008-07) Berhanemskel, Yohannes; Gebru, Amanuel ( professor)
    This study was carried out to describe the nature of turn taking patterns among Grade 12 students of Cruise Private School in their group discussions to see the level of students participation and to explore the involvement of the teacher and group leaders in giving and taking turns. For the study, 18 students of grade 12 students of one section were selected. The students were grouped in to three with six members in each. The data was gathered by video recording the discussions and was analyzed using Allwright’s (1980) model. The overall result showed that the majority of the turns were taken by the students, i.e. (124 or 65.26%) out of the total turns of 190. From these, the great majority of the turns were taken trough self-initiated moves. On the other hand the teacher and the group leaders together took 66 turns or 34.74% out of the overall turns of 190. The findings further indicated that, out of the overall total of 93 turns, the majority was made by the students, which is 56 or 60.23%. The teacher and the group leaders made a total of 18 or 19.35% and 19 or 20.43% respectively. Finally, female Vs male students level of participation indicated that, from the total of 169 turns, the great majority of the turns were taken by male students (116 or 68.64%) and female students took the lesser turns (53 or 31.36%).