The Study of Messages of Dagu Addis Radio Program in Combating HI V/ AlDS .
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2010-09
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This thesis aims to study the effectiveness of the messages of Oagu Addis Radio
Program in combating HIV / AIDS among the youth. In doing so, an attempt has been
made to identify key messages related to HIV / AIDS, explore the message design
methods of the program, analyze the message delivery techniques of the program
related to communication theories and assess perception of the target audience
towards messages of Oagu Addis Radio Program.
The nature of the research methodology employed in this study is qualitative. In-depth
interviews with key informants, focus group discussions with youths and content
analysis were used as instruments to gather data. Six focus group discussions, four
with in-school and two out-of-school youths were conducted. In-depth interviews were
also conducted with parents of the youth, Oagu Radio Program producers as well as
media and communications professionals.
Capturing and maintaining the attention of the audience, clarity of the message,
perception of risk, good evidence of costs and benefits of a behavior and asking the
audience to take reasonably easy actions are some of the major criteria used to see the
effectiveness of the messages.
The findings of the study show that Oagu Addis is able to capture and maintain the
attention of its target audience and enables to minimize their perception of risk about
HIV / AIDS. The findings of the study also reveal that the radio program in its messages
give good evidence of the cost and benefits of a behavior through running personal
stories of the youth who practice negative behaviors on one hand and those who adopt
positive behaviors on the other hand. As to actions the messages ask from the
audience to adopt healthy behavior, it was found out that the actions required are
simple and do not require much cost in terms of time, effort and money.
The thesis concludes that messages of Oagu Addis Radio Program create opportunity
for the audience to think about the risk of contracting of HIV and increase the
likelihood of experiencing appropriate changes in knowledge, attitudes, and behavior
needed for HIV prevention. Moreover, from the findings of the study, it can be
concluded that Oagu Addis in its messages recommends actions which can easily be
taken by its target audience so as to increase audience confidence that the behavior is
easy to perform. This implies that Oagu Addis messages carry recommended actions
that have a tendency to promote healthy behaviors. It is also possible to conclude that
Oagu Addis Radio is successful in providing evidence of risks and benefits for adopting
recommended.
In general, it is possible to conclude that though Oagu Addis Radio helps enhance
youth's perception of risk to HIV / AIDS.
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Messages, Dagu Addis Radio Program, HI V/ AlDS