Media coverage of the constitution review stalemate: a content analysis of the mainstream print media in Kenya
Date
2001-10Author
Maina, Henry O
. Otieno, Dorothy A
Type
ThesisLanguage
enMetadata
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This research paper analyses the manner in which the four main daily newspapers in Kenya
covered the stalemate period in the constitution review process. It uses content analysis to
study the period between December 19, 1999 to March 22, 2001.
This study is both quantitative and qualitative.
The results of the analysis indicate that while the mainstream media gave high visibility
coverage to the issue, it indulged in interpretative journalism. They therefore failed to play
their agenda-setting role to its full extent. However, all the papers gave significant space to
the issue.
There has not been much research in this area and therefore this study forms part of the
initial body of material that future studies call build on.
Citation
Postgraduate Diploma In Mass Communication At The School Of Journalism University Of Nairobi October,2001Publisher
The School Of Journalism, University Of Nairobi