Browsing Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM) by Title

Print Media Coverage of Basic Education Issues in Kenya: a Content Analysis of the Nation and Standard Newspapers

Kimani, Samwel I (University of Nairobi, 2018)

This study seeks to explore print media coverage of educational issues in Kenya. The study analysed the Nation and the Standard newspapers coverage of educational issues from the month of December 2017 to February 2018.The ...

Print Media Coverage of County Governance in Kenya: a Content Analysis of the Daily Nation and the Standard Newspapers

Iberi, Daniel (University of Nairobi, 2014)

The aim of this study was to examine the print media coverage of County Governance in Kenya by analyzing the two leading dailies: Daily Nation and The Standard. Framing Theory, Public Sphere Theory and Agenda Setting ...

Print Media Coverage of Environmental Sustainability Issues in Kenya

Langat, Anthony (University of Nairobi, 2017)

This study seeks to find out how issues of environmental sustainability are reported and framed by the print media in Kenya and specifically on the coverage of the Mau Forest evictions between November 2009 and December ...

Print Media Coverage of Exploitation and Abuse of Kenyan Migrants Working in Gulf Countries

Murangiri, Emma, M (University of Nairobi, 2016)

The current study sought to investigate the print media’s coverage of the plight of Kenyan workers in the Gulf Countries. In order to realize the aim, the study relied on a sample of fifty newspaper stories that were in ...

Print Media Coverage of Free Maternal Health Care Issues by the Daily Nation

Waithaka, Florence W (University of NairobiSchool of Journalism and Mass Communication, 2013-11)

Maternal health care is a key societal issue which needs attention for any country working towards achieving millennium goals. The media has a role in highlighting and creating awareness on perceptions and policy on ...

Print media coverage of gender based violence in Kenya

Karicho, Caroline N (University of Nairobi, 2014)

The study looks at the role mass media plays in not only creating awareness but also educating the masses on gender-based violence. Mass media communications reach and influence large numbers of people, and they have the ...

Print Media Coverage of Geothermal Energy in Kenya- a Case of the Nation and the Standard Newspapers

Ochieng, Elsie A (University of Nairobi, 2019)

This study sought to examine the print media coverage of geothermal energy with reference to the Nation and Standard newspapers for the period July 2017-June 2018. The objectives of the study included: to determine the ...

Print Media Coverage of Maternal Health in Kenya: a Content Analysis of the „beyond Zero‟ Campaign by Daily Nation and Standard Newspapers

Wasunna, Patricia A (University of Nairobi, 2015)

Maternal health is one of the key indicators of any country‟s level of development. In Kenya, the Maternal Mortality Ratio is 480 deaths per 100,000 live births. This means that a lot of lives of mothers and children are ...

Print Media Coverage of Refugee Crisis in Kenya: a Case Study of Daily Nation and Standard Newspapers’ Coverage of the Dadaab Refugee Repatriation

Chemutai, Gloria (University of Nairobi, 2017)

This study sought to establish how the print media in Kenya covered the repatriation of refugees from Kenya‟s Dadaab refugee camp to Somalia. A mixed methods research approach was used in this study. The study‟s target ...

Print Media Coverage Of Savings And Credit Co-Operative Societies Issues In Kenya

Karimi, Linda (University of Nairobi, 2018)

This research was carried out to investigate how print media cover Savings and Credit Co-operatives issues in Kenya. The study analysed newspaper coverage of savings and credit cooperatives in Kenya. The objectives of ...

Print Media Coverage of the 2006 Standard Group Raid: a Content Analysis of the Standard and Daily Nation

Hinga, Juliet W (University of Nairobi, 2015)

The media are a very powerful tool in society and should ideally be free of any government control and interference. The Kenyan Constitution upholds press freedom and thus anytime the government interferes with the media, ...

Print Media Coverage of the Ban on Importation of Genetically Modified Foods in Kenya: a Content Analysis of Daily Nation and the East African

Ligami, Christabel, M (University of Nairobi, 2016)

This study examines the print media coverage of the 2012 ban on importation of genetically modified food in Kenyan for the period between 2012 and 2013. The study employed a mixed qualitative research approach involving ...

Print media coverage of the Kenya Defence Forces’ operation ‘linda nchi’ in Somalia: A content analysis of nation and the standard newspapers

Obwogi, Cliff O (University of Nairobi, 2015)

War coverage has since time immemorial been a challenge due to its complexity. From previous wars, reporting has been a challenge in the sense that the media rely a lot on news given out by the combat forces. In the ...