The Role of Sabido Entertainment•Education Radio Serial Dramas in the Struggle For the Prevention of Hiv/Aids:
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2004-11
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Addis Ababa University
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The discussions compiled in this thesis are all about viewing the tremendous potential of research based medi a communication in art to address social problems and mobilize people towards certain end. Its ingles out the HIV /AIDS pandemic as the major social problem threatenin g Ethiopia, Africa and other countries across the world. It tries to view th e paramount contri bution of art (d ram a) in the prevention e nd eavo r above many other similar disciplines The inception of the research project came from the realization of the tremendous potential of the Sabido Method Enteltainment Education Dramas . The Sabido method dramas have been tri ed out and proven to have a remarkable success in man y countries in prom otingpro social issues . The thesis thu s took the two Sabido Method Entertainment-Education Serial Radio Dramas , the Amharic Yeken Kig nit and the Afan Oromo Dhim biba dramas as pract ica l examples and exam in ed the contribution of the dramas to the HIV I A ID S prevention endeavors in the Ethiopian con tex t. The thesis compnses five chapters. The fi rst chapter presents the philosophical background of the thesis as b eing 'art for society's sake' as opposed to 'alt for art sake.' It also rev iews the historical development of using literary products in addressing social problems The Second chapter is a review of some academic and non-acade mi c research works pr ev iously undeltak en on similar iss ues as well as a review of the th eo reti cal framework of the Sabido Methodology. The latter part of this chapter espec iall y presen ts th e historical account of the invention oft he method b y t he M exican Pl aywri ght Miguel Sa b ido . The intell ectual basis, the expans ion o f the method and the resu lt s obtained in var iou s countri es as well as the pec uliariti es of the Sabido Method drama productions are indicated here. The third chapter examines the production procedures followed to produce the dr am as in view of the technical procedures ind icated in the review part. It tries to present some of the in vestigati ons ca rri ed out on the pre, while and po st-production processes. This chapter further analyzes the script contents of the dramas. The script content analyses measure to what extent the drama scripts articulate the problems and show the peculiarities of the method from other conventional dramas Both those methods of evaluations are used to examine the effectiveness of the drama production in atiiculating the main messages of the drama. The evaluations are also intended to serve as a model for future research initiatives, too. The summary reports of impact assessments are included in the fourth chapter. Both the quantitative and qualitative research methods are used in the study. The qualitative study is done by organizing Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), In-depth Interviews, and Interview with Key Informants. The quantitative study is carried out by distributing questiolU1aires. All these researches were held to decide the effectiveness of the dramas in bringing behavioral changes against HIV/AIDS. The results are summarized at the end of each assessment. Chapter five summarizes the major points discussed and findings achieved by the research and recommends ways to expand the method in the Ethiopian context. It then forwards suggestions to expand such media based intervention of art into various socioeconomic Issues.
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