"The present research examines media agenda setting effects in a Kenyan context in 2013 and 2014. Specifically, focusing on the first level of agenda setting, the study investigates whether two national daily newspapers influenced public opinion on six issues of national importance: corruption, devo
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lution, economic crisis, insecurity, poverty, and unemployment. Moreover, the study examines whether the newspapers’ agendas are related in connection to the coverage of the six issues. Findings indicate that the two newspapers had little influence on the opinion of the Kenyan public regarding the six issues. This is based on a low correlation of +.30 between the two newspapers’ agendas and the public agenda. However, the agendas of the two publications were strikingly similar—yielding a perfect correlation of + 1. This means in their news coverage, the newspapers gave similar weight to the six issues." (Abstract)
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"This volume seeks to impart a deeper understanding of the political nature of the Sudanese press. Through observation, research and analysis, it also conveys a multifaceted impression of Sudanese journalists’ working conditions. It tries to paint an authentic and differentiated picture of their s
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ituation, looking beyond stereotypes of the Sudanese press as “unfree” and hence not worthy of further research. By combining facts and figures with journalists’ personal anecdotes and opinions, I think this volume captures the complexity of the subject." (Introduction, page 5)
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"This paper concludes that in Africa the non-Western press may have the best chance to employ peace journalism, given its proximity to major conflicts. Nevertheless, the Kenyan press has so far failed to take advantage of an ideal opportunity for such an experiment in reporting on the war against te
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rror. Kenya's press still operates within the war journalism framework. This paper employs a theoretical approach that combines theories of media representation in mainstream journalism with the concepts of peace journalism. Methodologically, it adopts a triangulating approach, employing both quantitative and qualitative content analysis to study the representations of Operation Linda Nchi by the Kenyan Daily Nation and The Standard and thereby offers a critical appraisal of the possibility for peace journalism to cover international terrorism in Africa." (Abstract)
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"This chapter focuses on the work practices of newspaper journalists in Zimbabwe and explores the role that the Internet plays in their information gathering and relationship with sources." (Page 57)
"El método "Valor Agregado Periodístico" (VAP) analiza los principales elementos que configuran la calidad periodística, de manera de contribuir a aumentar el valor de la entrega informativa - verdadero aporte de la profesión periodística a la veracidad, precisión y credibilidad de los conteni
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dos - y diferenciarla de la ofrecida por las fuentes directas. Este libro muestra el recorrido teórico y metodológico que llevó a la construcción del modelo y ejemplifica con el estudio comparativo de ocho medios lationamericanos de Argentina, Chile, Colombia y Perú." (Contratapa)
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"Drawing on their extensive experience in academia and also across local, national, mainstream, and alternative newspapers, Peter Cole and Tony Harcup write clearly and engagingly from both industry and scholarly perspectives, and contend that, far from dying, newspapers are doing what they have alw
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ays done: adapting to a changing environment." (Publisher description)
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"Este libro está basado en la experiencia de Miguel Ángel Bastenier como maestro en los talleres que por más de diez años ha dictado en la Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano (FNPI). Es periodismo puro y duro, para asentar conocimientos tanto en jóvenes reporteros como en periodistas y e
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ditores de medios de América Latina y España. Empieza con una declaración: la primera fidelidad del periodista hispanoamericano debe ser a su legua, el español. Contextualiza el escenario en el que hoy se ejerce la profesión, revela "los secretos de la tribu" para escribir bien, explica el uso de géneros, corrige los vicios de las salas de redacción y muestra cual primordial es el trabajo de los editores. Con el chip colonial o el "síndrome de la complicación", Bastenier expone su teoría sobre los problemas del periodismo latinoamericano y da soluciones a sus distintas manifestaciones, como la declaracionitis, la fiebre por llenar párrafos con declaraciones innecesarias. También muestra ejemplos de buen periodismo en una antología ilustrativa de crónicas, entrevistas y reportajes en diversos diarios del continente. Al final, ofrece veinte condiciones para ser buen periodista y recrea un debate sobre la profesión con figuras del periodismo en América Latina." (Contratapa)
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"The goal of this best practices guide is not to provide a template for trauma reporting, although the specific examples should be useful for journalists working on similar stories or faced with similar ethical dilemmas related to trauma reporting. The goal is to help journalists produce professiona
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l, insightful, informative, ethical and engaging stories about difficult subject matter by using other journalists’ successful ideas, insights and experiences as an inspirational guide. Of course, each journalist writing about trauma will find his or her own voice and perspective when crafting the story. But that voice and perspective may be informed by the voices and perspectives of those who have already engaged in the process effectively. The following section discusses narrative elements and other considerations that reporters should keep in mind when writing about violence and trauma. Some of these elements are presented as best practices examples. Other elements are more explicitly presented as suggestions or recommendations." (Page 4)
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