Analysis of Diversity in TV Prime Time News: The Case of Fana Television
| dc.contributor.advisor | Anteneh Tsegaye (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mengistu Ebabey | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-01T05:59:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-01T05:59:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The fundamental investigation of this study is to Explore News Diversity of Fana Broadcasting Corporation, Fana TV prime time news in terms of news topics, geographical coverage, number of sources per news, variety of news sources, and their perspectives. A mixed research approach was employed to explore the news diversity. Utilizing a quantitative research methodology, the study has scrutinized 230 news stories collected through the Simple Random Sampling Technique. In addition to the quantitative methodology, supplementary data has been acquired from key informants who were deliberately selected and whose responses were qualitatively analyzed in the study. Given that Ethiopia is characterized by its diverse ethnic composition, encompassing numerous cultures, traditions, customs, beliefs, ideologies, and multiple spoken languages, the notion of news diversity becomes essential in capturing and representing these complex and multifaceted realities. This distinguishing feature holds significant value in determining whether Fana TV News is practically promoting a diverse array of news or not. The literatures related to the research are incorporated into the thesis topic. The Unified Framework of Media Diversity Theory is employed as a benchmark for the conceptual framework of this study. The findings of this study divulged that the prime-time news reports on Fana TV predominantly consist of political news content and exhibit an uneven distribution of diverse news coverage. Furthermore, it was observed that Fana TV news heavily relies on government officials as the primary source of news information, prioritizing their perspectives over those of the general populace. Additionally, the study shed light on the imbalanced geographical representation in news coverage nationwide. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/1321 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | Fana Broadcasting Corporation, Fana TV | |
| dc.title | Analysis of Diversity in TV Prime Time News: The Case of Fana Television | |
| dc.type | Thesis |