Assessment on the media framing of the 2021 Ethiopian Election: The case of Addis Zemen and Reporter Newspapers.
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2024-02
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Addis Ababa University
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This study focused on assessing the coverage of the Ethiopian election of 2021 by Addis Zemen and the reporter newspapers. Addis Zemen newspaper is a government owned daily newspaper and the reporter is a private owned biweekly newspaper. Qualitative methodology was employed predominantly and purposive sampling was used to take samples from the newspapers. The newspapers issues which were published and circulated during the last two months before polling day and the next two months after polling day. A total of 32 issues were reviewed and 179 election-related news stories and editorials were identified. The units of analysis were news stories, editorials and feature articles from the two newspapers. The sample size was 32, 16 stories which were published before polling and 16 after polling day. As the findings showed, the selected newspapers gave enough coverage for the election. The attribution of responsibility frame was the most dominantly used frame in the two selected newspapers. Human interest frame was the second dominant frame in Addis Zemen newspaper whereas conflict frame is the second dominantly used frame in the Reporter newspaper. Civic society was the dominant source used in the two newspapers. The reporter used international organization as a source of news but Addis Zemen newspaper was not used international organization as a news source. The two newspapers were positively framed and presented the ruling and the opposition political parties.
Key words: Framing, Election, Newspapers, Political parties.
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Framing, Election, Newspapers