Mining the Truth: Representation of Land and Land Redistribution in Zimbabwe in the Daily News

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Washington Mushore ◽  
Khatija Bibi Khan
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
Framing Theory ◽  
Daily News ◽  
News Stories ◽  
The Third ◽  
Land Redistribution ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Media ◽  
Setting Theory ◽  
The Way

The aim of this article is to scrutinise the way in which the concepts of land and land redistribution were discussed in the private media in Zimbabwe during the Zimbabwe land reform exercise – dubbed the “third Chimurenga” – that took place in the period 2000–2008. This study makes use of the framing theory. The framing theory is an adaptation of the agenda-setting theory and it talks about the way in which the media diverts the attention of audiences from the importance of an issue to what it wants to project; it places the issue in a field of meaning. This article firstly argues that although the ZANU-PF-led government stated that land was going to be redistributed to the landless black majority, the private media in general and the Daily News in particular reported that it was the black minority (the elite class) who obtained most of the land at the expense of the poor and middle-class black majority. Secondly, it argues that the land redistribution exercise was not meant to correct colonial land imbalances but was instead used by the ZANU-PF-led government as a means to avenge the referendum which they had lost in February 2000. The referendum was perceived as intending to change the Constitution in favour of the ZANU-PF. Lastly, this article argues that land, according to the Daily News, was supposed to be given to people (regardless of their race) who were making or going to make the land productive and not the poor, landless black majority. In order to authenticate the above claims and arguments, a number of the Daily News stories – purposively sampled during the period – will be used as examples.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPER FRAMING OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON READERS' PERCEPTION OF THE VIRUS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinedu Igboeli ◽  
Ezebuenyi Ephraim Ejimnkeonye
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
The Novel ◽  
High Exposure ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
The Media ◽  
Setting Theory ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The Way

This study investigated the influence of newspaper framing of Covid-19 pandemic on readers’ perception of the virus. The thrust of the study was to ascertain whether the way newspapers select, package and present news stories on the novel Coronavirus affected the way readers of Daily Sun, Vanguard and National Light newspapers in Awka Metropolis view the virus. Specific objectives of the study are among others to: access the patterns of frames used in reporting stories on Covid-19; ascertain respondents’ frequency of exposure to newspaper reports on COVID-19; know whether the way newspapers report COVID-19 pandemic creates the desired awareness against the spread of the virus; ascertain respondents’ perception of newspaper reportage of COVID-19; find out whether the way newspapers select, package and present (frame) stories on COVID-19 influenced respondents’ views about the virus. The study was anchored on agenda setting theory. The mixed research design was adopted in carrying out the study. This entails using both the survey and content analysis methods. For the survey method, 386 respondents were selected from the projected population of Awka Metropolis. For the content analysis method, 264 editions were randomly selected from the three select newspapers Findings from the study revealed among others that: seven patterns of frames were used in reporting stories on Covid-19 by the three select newspapers within the period of the study; a more than two-thirds majority of the respondents had high exposure to newspaper reports of COVID-19; majority of the respondents accede that the way newspapers report stories on COVID-19 creates awareness against its spread; majority of the respondents had positive perception on newspaper reportage of COVID-19 and finally, majority of the respondents accede that the way newspapers report COVID-19 influenced the way they view the virus. The study concludes among others that way the media frame issues has the ability to influence audience perception of a particular event and that selection and packaging of the novel Coronavirus enjoys positive reactions in the media. The study recommends among others that: that the Nigerian press should endeavour to select appropriate news angles in reporting public health stories to stem the tendencies of creating rumours and misinformation. This also has the benefit of causing the polity to trust the media in their interpretations of health situations.

scholarly journals The Key Words Agenda: New Avenues for Agenda Setting Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Nicoleta Corbu ◽  
Olga Hosu
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Media ◽  
Setting Theory ◽  
Points Of View

This article seeks to expand the agenda setting theory and its later ramifications, by complementing them with the hypothesis of the articulation function of mass-media. Defined as the capacity of the media to offer people the words and expressions associated with defending specific points of view, the articulation function suggests a new ramification of the agenda setting theory, namely the key words level of agenda setting. Building on the third-level assumption about the transfer of issues and attributes from the media to people’s agenda in bundles, we argue that each issue is in fact transferred together with a set of “key words”, corresponding to the additional sub-topics related to the issue.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA LIFT THE FLAP BOOK MATERI MENULIS KALIMAT EFEKTIF

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Indria Prawita Sari
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Viability Test ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Grade Students ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Innovative Learning ◽  
The Media ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

Abstrak             Penelitian ini dilatar belakangi oleh rendahya keterampilan siswa dalam menulis kalimat efektif. Hal ini terjadi karena kurangnya media pembelajaran bahasa Indonesia yang inovatif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan media lift the flap book untuk siswa kelas III SD yakni, menghasilkan media lift the flap book, menguji kelayakan media lift the flap book, dan menguji keefektifan media lift the flap book. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah Research and Develompent (R&D).  Hasil uji kelayakan lift the flap book yaitu dari ahli media sebesar 97,7% dan ahli materi sebesar 90,9%. Media lift the flap book efektif digunakan sesuai hasil uji t menunjukkan -t hitung< -t tabel ( -5,67 < -1,68 ), maka Ho ditolak dan uji N-Gain pretest dan posttest diperoleh sebesar 0,45 dengan kriteria sedang. Simpulan penelitian ini adalah media yang dikembangkan sangat layak dan efektif digunakan dalam pembelajaran serta dapat meningkatkan keterampilan siswa dalam menulis kalimat efektif. This research was motivated by the poor skills of students in writing effective sentences. This occured due to the lack of innovative learning media in Bahasa Indonesia subject. This study aimed to develop lift the flap book media for the third grade students, namely, to produce lift the flap book media, to test the viability and the effectiveness of lift the flap book media. The research method used Research and Development (R&D). The result of the lift the flap book viability test from media experts by 97.7% and from content experts by 90.9%. The media lift the flap book was effectively used according to the results of the t test showing -t count <-t table (-5.67 <-1.68), so Ho was rejected and the N-Gain test on pretest and posttest obtained a value of 0.45 with moderate criteria . The conclusion of this research is that the media developed was very viable and effective in learning and can improve students' skills in writing effective sentences.

scholarly journals THE PROPAGANDA MODEL AND THE MEDIATION OF THE LAND QUESTION IN ZIMBABWE

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-84
Author(s):  
Isaac Choto
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Propaganda Model ◽  
Source Selection ◽  
Reform Programme ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
Privately Owned

This article critiques the mediation of the Zimbabwean land reform programme in the period 2000–2010 by both the state-controlled and the privately-owned press. Its thrust is to establish the framing patterns that emerge and relate these to Herman and Chomsky’s Propaganda Model. The bold claim by Herman and Chomsky that the media, particularly in the West, pander to the whims of the powerful political and pro-capital elites is explored. Using a qualitative case study approach, data for this study were collected from four Zimbabwean Weeklies, namely The Sunday News and The Sunday Mail, which are stateowned, and The Independent and The Standard, which are privately-owned. News stories on the land reform programme drawn from these weeklies over the 10 year focus period are analysed with the view to ascertaining the tenability of the Propaganda Model. Using the tenets of the Propaganda Model and critical discourse analysis, the study exposes the polemical representations of the land issue by the press. The emerging polemics are attributed to the overbearing influence of ideology, ownership, corporate pro-capital interests and biased source selection. However, the tripartite alliance which the propaganda model claims as existing among government, capitalists and media owners comes unstuck in the Zimbabwean media-scape. There is evidently a fractious relationship between state media and private media in Zimbabwe. The political and economic contestation of power in the nation manifests in the press. It is quite clear from the findings of this study that there is still need for a model that comprehensively attempts to capture the role of the press and its place in Africa.

scholarly journals Emotionalization in the Media Coverage of Honey Bee Colony Losses

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte Huber ◽  
Ingrid Aichberger
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Colony Losses ◽  
Daily News ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Rhetorical Devices ◽  
Bee Colony ◽  
The Media ◽  
Honey Bee Colony ◽  
Honey Bee Colony Losses

Emotionalization is increasingly used in the daily news. However, communication scholars have only just begun to explore how journalists use emotionalization in coverage of scientific and environmental topics. This study contributes to filling this research gap by investigating emotionalization in reporting on honey bee colony losses. The aim of the study is to analyze the amount of emotionalization that took place, as well as to observe changes over time. Emotionalization is assessed in two ways; by analyzing to what extent journalists (1) <em>explicitly mentioned</em> discrete emotions in news stories (joy, hope, fear, anger, etc.) and/or (2) used <em>rhetorical devices</em> to evoke emotions (affective vocabulary, metaphors, colloquial language, superlatives, etc.). Results from a quantitative content analysis of four Austrian newspapers in 2010/2011, 2013/2014, and 2017/2018 show that the coverage is highly emotionalized across all three time periods studied. Emotionalization occurs far more often by using rhetorical devices than by explicitly mentioning positive or negative emotions. Interestingly, the incorporation of emotional elements and scientific expertise in the news items do not exclude one another. Hence, there seems to be no strict dichotomy between rational/objective and emotional reporting.

scholarly journals Key Words Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Comparing the Media and the Public Agenda

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2 (40)) ◽  
pp. 5-25
Author(s):  
Dana Raluca BUTUROIU ◽  
Mihai GAVRILESCU
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Online News ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Public Agenda ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The Media ◽  
Setting Theory

Based on recent ramifications of the traditional agenda-setting model, this paper aims at analyzing the convergence of the media and the public agenda in times of crisis. Specifically, drawing upon the network agenda-setting theory, this article explores the main key words associated with COVID-19—related topics in both the media and the public agendas. Main findings suggest that the media used context dependent key words to refer to the pandemic. At the beginning of the pandemic, in March 2020, both television and online news stories referred to issues related to the vi- rus itself, to the measures taken to limit its spread, and to some medical conditions, while in January 2021 media focused on key words related to vaccination and immunization. In terms of public agenda, results show that people tended to refer to pandemic-related issues mainly in negative terms, due to both media exposure and, presumably, personal experiences. These results offer valuable insights into the dynamics of both media and public agenda in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing fertile ground for better understanding how media shape several public attitudes and behaviors.

Agenda–setting, opinion leadership, and the world of Web logs

First Monday ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Delwiche
Keyword(s):  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Issue Salience ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Behavioral Indicators ◽  
Web Log ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Web Logs ◽  
Setting Process ◽  
The Media ◽  
Setting Theory

More than 350 studies have explored the agenda setting hypothesis, but most of this research assumes a clear distinction between reporters and their readers. Web logs erode this distinction, facilitating participatory media behavior on the part of audiences (Blood, 2003). The activities of journalistically focused web log authors give us new ways to understand and measure the agenda setting process. While previous researchers have explored issue salience by focusing on audience recall and public opinion, web logs invite us to consider hyperlinks as behavioral indicators of an issue’s perceived importance. This paper tracks news stories most often linked to by web log authors in 2003, comparing the results to stories favored by traditional media. Arguing that web log authors construct an alternative agenda within the admittedly limited realm of the blogosphere, I note that their focus has shifted from technology to broader political issues. My findings support Chaffee and Metzger’s (2001) prediction that “the key problem for agenda-setting theory will change from what issues the media tell people to think about to what issues people tell the media they want to think about” (375).

scholarly journals The Politics of Land Redistribution and its Implications for the Effectiveness of Land Reform Programmes: Evidence from South Africa and Zimbabwe

sjesr ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-124
Author(s):  
Sajjad Ali Khan ◽  
Abdul Shakoor ◽  
Ahmad Ali
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Land Redistribution ◽  
Center Stage ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Reform Programme ◽  
The World ◽  
Per Se

Land reform programmes around the world are often geared towards the accomplishment of a set of diverse goals. The process of land reform per se epitomizes a set of measures among which the redistribution of land among the poor takes center-stage and is generally regarded as the most consequential pre-requisite of an effective and successful land reform programme. This article seeks to examine the centrality of land re-distribution among the poor and the implications thereof for achievement of the broader set of goals through an analysis of land reform programmes carried out in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The findings demonstrate that in each of the two cases, the provision of land among the landless poor was overshadowed by political considerations during the process of distribution of land amongst the beneficiaries. The inequitable distribution in turn thwarted the accomplishment of the broader set of goals thus calling into question the effectiveness and success of such land reform programmes in each of the two countries.

scholarly journals THE REPORTAGE OF LAND AND OWNERSHIP IN SELECTED PRIVATE MEDIA IN ZIMBABWE

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-40
Author(s):  
Washington Mushore
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
Racial Bias ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Land Ownership ◽  
Native People ◽  
Daily News ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Commercial Farms ◽  
Ownership Of Land ◽  
Economic Well Being

The aim of this article is to scrutinise how the concepts of land and land ownership were discussed in the private media in Zimbabwe during the Zimbabwe land reform exercise – dubbed ‘the third Chimurenga’ that took place in the period 2000–2008. Using textual analysis, the articles argues that ownership of land, according to the so called ‘private or independent’ newspapers in Zimbabwe was supposed to be accorded to the farmer or person, regardless of the racial bias, who was more productive on the land and who was contributing more to the economic well-being of the nation (Zimbabwe). Accordingly, the private newspapers in Zimbabwe regarded land as belonging to, or as the rightful property of the white commercial farmers/settlers because they perceived them to be more productive on the land than the native people of Zimbabwe who were ultimately seen and labelled as invaders on the so-called white commercial farms. In order to substantiate the above claims and arguments, a number of The Daily News stories of the period were purposively sampled and are used as examples.

scholarly journals A COMEMORAÇÃO DO TERCEIRO CENTENÁRIO DE CAMÕES NO PERIÓDICO A ESTAÇÃO

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2020) ◽  
pp. 67-87
Author(s):  
Bruna Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Target Audience ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
The Third ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Media ◽  
Female Audience ◽  
The Way

This article offers an analysis of the commemorative supplement published in celebration of the third centenary of Luís Vaz de Camões in the magazine A Estação: jornal illustrado para a familia. Therefore, it draws attention to the way this newspaper integrates itself with the events and publications held on the occasion in Portugal and especially in Brazil. Through primary sources research, it also contextualizes A Estação in the media system, considering its editorial line’s target audience –middle and upper class women. Thus, this study intends to observe the tensions arising from the distinction between the content of the commemorative supplement and the thematic and formal scope of the "mild literature" supposedly aimed at the female audience.

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