A comparative Analysis of Coverage of Human Rights Issues in the Ethiopian Herald and the Reporter English Newspapers
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2024-06-01
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Addis Ababa University
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Media plays a vital role in promoting, protecting and shaping and influencing public perception. The primary goal of the study is to investigate the coverage of human rights issues in The Ethiopian Herald and The Reporter English newspapers. In order to conduct stratified random sampling for this study, a population was split into two groups, known as strata, which were editorials and news. This study incorporated both quantitative and qualitative approach. It analyzed two English newspapers published during a specific period; July 1, 2019 and December 30, 2019. Quantitative Content analysis was employed to examine extent, and types, placement, and sources presented while covering human rights issues in the selected newspapers. The quantitative content analysis was performed using SPSS. The qualitative content analysis was employed to investigate framing. The quantitative results are given as tables of information, percentages graphs, and other methods of statistics. The study reveals that The Reporter newspaper allocated maximum attention in coverage of human rights issues than The Ethiopian Herald newspaper. While both newspapers extensively covered the socio-economic and cultural aspects of human rights, they paid little attention to civil and political rights. According to the study's findings, government representatives were the primary news sources utilized to shelter human rights issues in the Ethiopian Herald than the Reporter newspaper. The conflict frame and the value frame were the most dominant frames employed in Ethiopia's two English-language publications. Newspapers organizations, government agencies and advocacy groups must change their media policies and practices to allow for the coverage of human rights since they are critical to the defense and progress of human rights. When reporting on human rights issues, journalists must be compassionate.
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