9Mobile news SMS entrepreneurship and citizen journalism potentials in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 00 (00) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Isaac Imo-Ter Nyam ◽  
Stella-Maris Ngozi Okpara

Abstract There is increased mobile telecommunications penetration across Nigeria. One of the realities connected to such penetration is the news-text services offered by the country’s 9Mobile mobile telecommunications company. This content analysis and covert non-participant observation research examined news entrepreneurial and citizen journalism potentials of the service. Findings show that news SMS service is encouraging, but issues such as delayed delivery and incomplete replications concurrently hamper entrepreneurial and citizen journalism benefits. The degree of diversity of 9Mobile news SMS contents is also poor. Nevertheless, there was significant use of prominent news stories – as derived from the hardcopies of the sourcing national newspapers. The research notes the need for news SMS copyright and plagiarism checks alongside other professional standards. Overall, it is pertinent to reiterate that irrespective of shortcomings, convergent news deliveries of 9Mobile SMS-MoreNews retain significant potentials for entrepreneurship and citizen journalism.

2021 ◽  
pp. 107769902199864
Author(s):  
Iskander De Bruycker ◽  
Matthijs Rooduijn

This article conceives of populist communication as a contextually dependent political strategy. We bridge actor- and communication-centered approaches by arguing that the context of issues conditions the extent to which parties employ populist communication. We draw from a content analysis of 2,085 news stories in eight news media outlets and Eurobarometer data connected to 41 EU policy issues and analyze statements from 85 political parties. Our findings show that populist parties are more prone to express populism on salient and polarized issues. Issues important to civil society groups, in contrast, make non-populist parties more inclined to express such communication.


2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-258
Author(s):  
Lu Wu ◽  
Rhonda Gibson

A content analysis of how e-cigarettes are framed in news stories and editorials in leading newspapers revealed content largely supportive of tobacco control initiatives for e-cigarettes. The FDA and CDC were the most quoted sources in e-cigarette control framed stories, whereas e-cigarette manufacturers and retailers were the most quoted sources in content with a dominant frame focused on the e-cigarette industry.


2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. A03 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunver Lystbæk Vestergård

A significant number of mass media news stories on climate change quote scientific publications. However, the journalistic process of popularizing scientific research regarding climate change has been profoundly criticized for being manipulative and inaccurate. This preliminary study used content analysis to examine the accuracy of Danish high quality newspapers in quoting scientific publications from 1997 to 2009. Out of 88 articles, 46 contained inaccuracies though the majority was found to be insignificant and random. The study concludes that Danish broadsheet newspapers are ‘moderately inaccurate’ in quoting science publications but are not deliberately hyping scientific claims. However, the study also shows that 11% contained confusion of source, meaning that statements originating from press material or other news outlets were incorrectly credited to scientific peer-reviewed publications.


Author(s):  
Luciana Ferreira da Silva Moraes ◽  
Elenice Maria Cammarosano Onofre

ResumoO objetivo deste estudo é analisar a atividade de preparo e desenvolvimento de aulas baseadas em um tema gerador e que acontecem em espaços de privação de liberdade nos municípios de Cuiabá e Várzea Grande, estado de Mato Grosso. A questão que suleou o estudo é: Como se desenvolvem os “aulões” como prática social libertadora em espaços restritivos de liberdade? Trata-se de pesquisa de natureza qualitativa, de observação participante, que ocorreu em reuniões do Pró-Escolas Formação na Escola - MT. Os dados coletados foram registrados em Diários de Campo e analisados à luz da Análise de Conteúdo de Laurence Bardin. Os resultados evidenciaram que os “aulões” se apresentam como possibilidade de educação libertadora mesmo em um espaço com normas rígidas e opressoras como a prisão.Palavras-chave: Processos Educativos. Educação de Jovens e Adultos. Espaços de Privação de Liberdade.The “aulões” in the spaces of deprivation of liberty as an act of hopeAbstractThe objective of this study is to analyze the preparation and development of classes based on a generating theme that take place in spaces of deprivation of liberty in the municipalities of Cuiabá and Várzea Grande, state of Mato Grosso. The question that guide the study is: How do the “aulões” develop as a liberating social practice in spaces that restrict freedom? This is a qualitative research, of participant observation, which took place in meetings of the Pro-Schools Training at School – MT. The data collected were recorded in Field Diaries and analyzed in light of the Content Analysis of Laurence Bardin. The results showed that the “aulões” present themselves as a possibility of liberating education even in a space with rigid and oppressive norms like prison.Keywords: Educative Processes. Youth and Adult Education. Spaces of Deprivation of Liberty.“Aulões” en los espacios de privación de libertad como acto de esperanzaResumenEl propósito de este estudio es analizar la preparación y desarrollo de clases basadas en un tema generativo que se desarrollan en lugares de privación de libertad en los municipios de Cuiabá y Várzea Grande, estado de Mato Grosso. La pregunta que guio el estudio es: ¿Cómo se desarrollan los “aulões” como práctica social liberadora en espacios que restringen la libertad? Se trata de una investigación cualitativa, de observación participante, que se llevó a cabo en los encuentros de Formación Pro-Escuelas en la Escuela – MT. Los datos recopilados se registraron en Diarios de Campo y se analizaron a la luz del Análisis de Contenido de Laurence Bardin. Los resultados mostraron que los “aulões” son una posibilidad de educación liberadora incluso en un espacio con normas rígidas y opresivas como la prisión.Palabras clave: Procesos Educativos. Educación de Jóvenes y Adultos. Espacios de Privación de Libertad.


2021 ◽  
pp. 097325862110489
Author(s):  
Rizwan Ahmad

This study provides an overview of the media’s role in shaping public discourse and belief through framing news stories in a biased perspective and setting an agenda that is in keeping with the interests of the corporate and institutional funders of the media apparatus. Support for such an analysis is provided by a literature review that covers many critical aspects of news framing, agenda setting and cultivation theory, especially with respect to the emergence of a new ‘network society’. The ‘content analysis’ approach is utilised to search for biased content via the use of coders and decoders in some 140 randomly selected sampled links of the ‘Glenn Beck’ show during the two periods of time from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2010, and from 1 January 2011 to 30 June 2011, each of these periods consisting of 70 samples. The results ultimately show that the programme almost unilaterally provides supportive views of moral conservative values, and slight negative portrayals of Muslims. The programme presents critical views of President Obama and his policies, although the finding in opposing Obama’s policies is not statistically significant. The significance of these findings is discussed within the larger context of media bias and its influence on political reality, as well as public discourse and belief; although the study and hence, the findings suggesting ‘bias’ do not represent the entire media industry representing conservative values.


Author(s):  
Tom Clark ◽  
Liam Foster ◽  
Alan Bryman

Although much of the data used in social science dissertation projects is produced by interviews, surveys, and participant observation, there are other forms of data that can be used for the purposes of social science. This chapter explores some of this ‘documentary’ data and how to use it for the purposes of research. Documentary forms of data have some significant advantages that make them particularly useful for student research projects. This does not mean that they are without problems, but the chapter provides a practical guide for those who are prepared to look beyond familiar horizons. It makes the case for using documents; explores what can be included under the broad heading of documents; and introduces both quantitative and qualitative content analysis as a means to analyse documents.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Brad Vermurlen

This introductory chapter opens with a brief summary of the big picture. It then establishes the existence of a New Calvinist movement in the United States since the turn of the millennium while acknowledging that the reality of the movement is itself a part of the puzzle. The chapter then provides an overview of the empirical data collected for this book, which includes participant observation at three (wildly popular) New Calvinist megachurches across the country, personal interviews with seventy-five Evangelical leaders (including New Calvinists and their religious challengers), and content analysis of printed and online materials, as well as how these data were analyzed. This chapter includes a section that responds to five common misconceptions about the nature and approach of this project. It ends with a summary of the narrative arc of the rest of the book, broken down by chapters.


2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482095668
Author(s):  
Kim Borg ◽  
Jo Lindsay ◽  
Jim Curtis

Plastic reduction policies are important for addressing plastic pollution however, the success of such policies relies on establishing new social norms. This study advances knowledge on public expressions of social norms by exploring the interplay between news media and social media in response to a new environmental policy. It is the first study to explore this phenomenon with the explicit aim of identifying and comparing information related to social norms. A content analysis was conducted in relation to the 2018 Australian supermarket plastic bag ban. Results demonstrate how social norms related to a new policy are created, reinforced and expressed in the contemporary media landscape. The interaction between news media and social media offers a window into public expressions of social norms, where social media provides a platform for civic participation in a public and real-time environment in which users can challenge the dominant narrative presented by the news media.


2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeane Freitas de Oliveira ◽  
Mirian Santos Paiva ◽  
Camila Motta Leal Valente

In light of the increasing demand for female drug addiction care and its internationally acknowledged specificity, this qualitative study was carried out in Salvador, BA, Brazil, from October 2003 to September 2004. It aimed to investigate whether the context of care in which participants are inserted interferes with the visibility of female drug addiction. Participant observation and content analysis of 19 interviews performed with health care practitioners revealed that some aspects of female drug addiction were perceived differently according to the context of care (institution versus outdoors): demand, kind of drug used, age, social roles and partner's influence in the initiation and maintenance of drug use. Since the context of care impacts the health care practitioners' representation of female drug users which in turn can affect the strategies devised for their care, we recommend that not only the contexts of care within the studied unit should be articulate, but these contexts with those from other health services as well.


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