A Comparative Study of the Coverage of Development Issues in the Ethiopian Herald and the Reporter
| dc.contributor.advisor | Zerai, Abdisa (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chala, Geremew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-28T09:48:42Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-08T13:37:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-28T09:48:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-08T13:37:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This research attempted to study the coverage of development issues in government and private newspapers in Ethiopia. It was informed by modernization, dependency and participatory theoretical frameworks. Its focus was on a comparative analysis of development issues coverage in the Ethiopian Herald (the government newspaper) and the Reporter (the privately owned newspaper). The emphasis was on the coverage of economic, social and political developments. To this end, it evaluated the extent of the coverage of development issues, the aspects of the development issues in focus, the sources of the development issues, and the prominent pages of the issues of development in the newspapers. A Content analysis was conducted on the stories carried by the two selected newspapers to provide a description of the coverage of development issues. The analysis shows that the private media covered less development issues than the government media. The economic development was considered the most important aspect of development coverage in both newspapers. In general, the Ethiopian press, particularly the government owned one gave little or no shortcomings on its coverage of social, economic and political issues in the country. This implies that the government press advances the government’s point of view. Based on the findings, pertinent recommendations were forwarded. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/4599 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethiopian Herald | en_US |
| dc.title | A Comparative Study of the Coverage of Development Issues in the Ethiopian Herald and the Reporter | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |