scholarly journals Evaluating Respondents’ Reactions to the Daily Nation’s Peace Messages in the Run-up to the 2013 Elections in Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Ochieng Evans Erick Otieno
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Peaceful Coexistence ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Media ◽  
Setting Theory ◽  
Run Up ◽  
Primary Form

The purpose of this study was to evaluate respondents' reactions to the messages that called for peace from the Daily Nation newspaper in the run-up to the 2013 elections in Kenya. The study relied on descriptive research design, which is a design in qualitative research and premised on Agenda Setting theory by McCombs and Donald Shaw. The study population consisted of respondents from four marked newspaper-vending points within Nakuru town and the selected contents from the Nation newspapers. These newspapers carried messages advocating for peace between the periods of February and April 2013. Purposive sampling was used to choose newspaper contents with peace messages and to select newspaper readers in Nakuru town. Focused Group Discussions and Interviews were used as research instruments. Content and textual analysis was the primary form of data analysis in the study. Research findings showed that Nation newspapers carried peace messages in news and feature stories, editorials, opinion and advertisements. The conclusions of the study show that although media experts and scholars accused the media of ‘indulging’ in peace advocacy and forgetting their watchdog role, the respondents praised the role media played in ensuring after the poll calm, peaceful coexistence and tolerance.

scholarly journals Examining the Perceptions of Readers on the Contribution of the Daily Nation’s Peace Messages to the 2013 Elections in Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Ochieng Evans Erick Otieno
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Peaceful Coexistence ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Media ◽  
Setting Theory ◽  
Primary Form

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of readers on the contribution of the Daily Nation’s peace messages to the 2013 elections in Kenya. The study relied on descriptive research design, which is a design in qualitative research and premised on Agenda Setting theory by Mc Combs and Donald Shaw. The study population consisted of respondents from four marked newspaper-vending points within Nakuru town and the selected contents from the Nation newspapers. These newspapers carried messages advocating for peace between the periods of February and April 2013. Purposive sampling was used to choose newspaper contents with peace messages and to select newspaper readers in Nakuru town. Focused Group Discussions and Interviews were used as research instruments. Content and textual analysis was the primary form of data analysis in the study. Research findings showed that Nation newspapers carried peace messages in news and feature stories, editorials, opinion and advertisements. The conclusions of the study show that although media experts and scholars accused the media of ‘indulging' in peace advocacy and forgetting their watchdog role, the respondents praised the role media played in ensuring after-poll calm, peaceful coexistence and tolerance.

scholarly journals A Pilot Study Assessing Attitudes toward Finance among Italian Business Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Elisa Bocchialini ◽  
Beatrice Ronchini
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Homogeneous Cluster ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

Exploring ‘attitude toward finance’ as a factor predicting financial literacy is a new area of inquiry in academic literature. This study is a preliminary investigation of attitudes toward finance among a sample of students in higher education in Italy. It uses ten focus group discussions as data collecting method. Respondents are a total of 98 learners attending the Faculty of Business and Economics in a large University in  northern Italy, majoring in the areas of Finance, Accounting, or Marketing. The aim of this study is to assess the state of the art of the beliefs, feelings and self-perceptions of the target group regarding financial matters and practices, and to generate a questionnaire to measure attitudes toward finance in future quantitative studies. A Chi-Square analysis is used to analyse the collected data and determine if there are significant associations between students’ attitudes towards finance and characteristics like gender, level of study (first or second cycle degree) and faculty major. The research findings suggest that, even in a homogeneous cluster like our study population, the profile of attitude toward finance is not uniform. Overall, no significant differences are found between male and female students. Education level does not seem to significantly affect the construct either. However, the faculty major impacts on students’ attitude toward finance. Policy implications and suggestions for further work are discussed.

scholarly journals Beginner Voter Perception of Presidential Candidates (Case Study of the Presidential Election in 2019)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 795-801
Author(s):  
Syahrur Razy ◽  
Winarno Winarno ◽  
Rusnaini Rusnaini
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Study Data ◽  
General Election ◽  
Presidential Candidates ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Media ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

In the 2019 general election, the Indonesian people simultaneously elected the President and Vice President and legislative members. The Indonesian people are waiting for who will lead the next five years, especially for the President and Vice President with figures Joko Widodo - Ma'ruf Amin and challenger Prabowo Subianto - Sandiagan Uno. This study aims to determine the perceptions of first-time voters in the two-figure Presidential election in 2019. This study uses a quantitative descriptive study, data obtained from the sample of the study population were analyzed according to the statistical methods used. Descriptive research in this study is intended to get the perception of novice voters at SMAN 5 Surakarta of the presidential candidates in the 2019 general election. There are several things that can affect perceptions about the figure of the President, namely leadership, anti-corruption, welfare, nationalism and change for a more Indonesian state good. All factors are obtained through social media owned by novice voters. Beginner voters in SMAN 5 Surakarta are in the category of critical voters because with knowledge of social media and issues in the media are able to assess whether the prospective leader is eligible to be elected in the general election.

scholarly journals Teaching Writing of Recount Text by Using Comic Strips

JET ADI BUANA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-211
Author(s):  
Samsul Arifin ◽  
Dina Riyanti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Comic Strips ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Text Types ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
The Media ◽  
Giving Feedback

The objectives are to describe the implementation, the advantages, and the disadvantages of teaching writing of recount text by using Comic Strips for the tenth grade students of senior high school. The researcher uses qualitative research as an approach and descriptive research as type of research. The result shows that the stages of implementing Comic Strips media in the classroom are introducing the media, explaining and analyzing the recount text, redistributing the media with other topic, asking the students to read and pay attention to, writing a recount text based on the Comic Strips given, monitoring the students’ difficulties, correcting their mistakes on writing the text, writing the final draft based on the teacher’s suggestion and comment, submitting the final writing, reviewing and giving feedback to the lesson, and closing. The advantages of the implementation of the media are that, firstly, it can stimulate the students’ imagination and creativity so that they can obtain greater ideas in order to make a good composition. Second, it gives students the clue of chronological events which then it helps students to memorize and visualize better. Third, it facilitates the students to develop their own ideas and arrange words into good sentences of recount text by understanding both the story of pictures and the conversations in English illustrated in dialogue balloons. The last the students can easily find new vocabularies from the texts of conversations being conveyed by the characters in the media. Meanwhile, the disadvantages are first, there are some students who still make mistakes especially on their grammar and vocabulary. Second, the students often forget about using right capitalization and punctuation. Based on the result of the study, it is suggested to use Comic Strips to improve the students’ writing on other text types. Keywords: recount text, comic strips,

scholarly journals The motives of Palestinian journalists ' reluctance to practice investigative journalism: دوافعُ عزوفِ الصّحفيين الفلسطينيين عن ممارسةِ الصّحافةِ الاستقصائيّةِ: (دراسةٌ ميدانيّةٌ)

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 115-93
Author(s):  
Omar Issa Fatafta Omar Issa Fatafta
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
West Bank ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
The West ◽  
Investigative Journalism ◽  
Editorial Policies ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Media

The study aims to identify the motives of journalists' reluctance to practice investigative journalism. The researcher relies on the method of codified interview and questionnaire in order to identify the main motives that prevent journalists from practicing investigative journalism and to analyse the motives in depth after collecting sufficient information. The study uses the descriptive research method, which is concerned with studying the current facts related to the nature of a particular phenomenon, a specific situation, or a group of events. The method aims to obtain sufficient information and gives an accurate description of the phenomenon studied. The study population is the Palestinian journalists registered at the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) in the West Bank, and they totalled at (1200) journalists on 15 January 2020. The research sample was chosen randomly. The researcher could reach Journalists working in the West Bank. The total number of the distributed questionnaires was 126; 120 copies were collected, and 6 were excluded. The study showed that the different political trends in Palestinian society and the editorial policies pursued by the media are among the most prominent reasons that have led to the reluctance of journalists to practice investigative journalism. The study also found that the regulations and laws in force within press institutions, in addition to the lack of support and funding for institutions, have limited producing more investigations recently.

scholarly journals THE EFFICACY OF INSTAGRAM @GURUKUMRD AS THE MEDIA IN IMPROVING STUDENTS READING SKILLS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 350
Author(s):  
Rizqy Dienillah Fitrina Putri ◽  
Muhamad Sofian Hadi ◽  
Mutiarani Mutiarani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Grammatical Knowledge ◽  
Video Sharing ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Media ◽  
Reading Activities

Instagram is an online mobile photo and video sharing that can attract students’ attention in the learning process. It is also used to interact and share stories to others directly. Because of this, Instagram is a social media which can be utilized to navigate students to read. This study aims to find out the use of Instagram @gurukumrd to improve students’ reading skills. The Instagram @gurukumrd is chosen as the object of this study because it provides students with reading activities through stories, comments, and opinions. To reach the aim of this study, researchers employed qualitative research with Ethnography method. The data are collected using instruments which are observation sheets and interview guidelines. There are 37 students involved in this study as respondence. Based on the research findings, the Instagram @gurukumrd facilitates students to acquire various vocabulary and grammatical knowledge. In addition, students acquire competencies on how to gain paragraph ideas, topic sentences, and reading comprehension. Through Instagram, students can remember and recognize difficult words. At the end of this, this media facilitates students to read simple paragraphs quickly. Based on the research findings, this study can conclude that the Instagram @gurukumrd can facilitate students to enhance students’ reading skills.

BASIC LITERACY SKILLS THROUGH THE SCHOOL LITERACY MOVEMENT (GLS) AT SDN 6 PEKANBARU

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 499
Author(s):  
Dewi Dewi ◽  
Zariul Antosa
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Good Level ◽  
Vocabulary Comprehension ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Literacy Ability ◽  
The Government

The School Literacy Movement (GLS) is a policy issued by the government to overcome the problem of education and improve the basic literacy abilities of students. SDN 6 Pekanbaru is one of the schools that has implemented GLS at the familiarization stage well. Therefore, this study aims to determine the basic literacy skills of students in low classes through the implementation of GLS in SDN 6 Pekanbaru. This study used qualitative research conducted through observation and interviews about the implementation of GLS and students’ basic literacy skills with teachers and students in classes I and II. The results showed that GLS was able to improve the phonetic abilities of students by achieving a very good level of the ability to read and pronounce combinations of letters. The increase of students' vocabulary comprehension ability was seen where most students were able to know the meaning of words and retell the contents of books with theme daily activities. From the research findings, it was concluded that GLS improved the basic literacy ability of low-class students at SDN 6 Pekanbaru.

The Impact of Internal Work Environment on the Retention of Healthcare Providers at Turaif General Hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1183-1199
Author(s):  
Mohammed Alrouili ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Entire Study ◽  
Internal Work ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

This study attempted to identify the impact of internal work environment on the retention of healthcare providers at Turaif General Hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In particular, the study aimed to identify the dimensions of work circumstances, compensation, and relationship with colleagues, professional growth, and the level of healthcare providers’ retention. In order to achieve the study goals, the researcher used the descriptive analytical approach. The researcher used the questionnaire as the study tool. The study population comprised all the healthcare providers at Turaif General Hospital. Questionnaires were distributed to the entire study sample that consisted of 220 individuals. The number of questionnaires valid for study was 183 questionnaires. The research findings were as follows: the participants’ estimate of the work circumstances dimension was high (3.64), the participants’ estimate of the compensation dimension was moderate (3.32), the participants’ estimate of the relationship with colleagues dimension was high (3.62), the participants’ estimate of the professional growth dimension was weak (2.39), and the participants’ estimate of healthcare providers’ retention level was intermediate (2.75). Accordingly, the researcher’s major recommendations are: the need to create the right atmosphere for personnel in hospitals, the interest of the hospital to provide the appropriate conditions for the staff in terms of the physical and moral aspects for building the work adjustment in the staff, and conducting training courses and educational lectures for personnel in hospitals on how to cope with the work pressures.

Religion and Religiosity: A Path to War or Peace

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-69
Author(s):  
Ghada Awada
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Behavioral Model ◽  
Religious Violence ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Humanistic Approach ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Divine Origin

Abstract The study was set to examine the differences between religion and religiosity and to explore how communities can be protected against religious violence. The study also intended to investigate the motives and the effect that religious violence has had throughout history. The study employed the qualitative research method whereby the researcher carried out a meta-analysis synthesis of different research findings to make conclusions and implications that could answer the study questions. Using the literature review they conducted, the researchers carried out data collection. As such, the researcher employed the bottom-up approach to identify the problem and the questions along with the investigation framework of what they decided to explore. The findings of the study revealed that religious backgrounds should be the cornerstone to realize the diff erence between religion and religiosity. Religion is of divine origin whereas religiosity is specifically a humanistic approach and a behavioral model. The religious violence phenomenon is formed by interlocking factors such as the interpretation of religious texts which clearly adopt thoughts and heritage full of violence camouflaged by religion. It is recommended that governments use a strong strategy employing the educational system, summits and dialogs to successfully overcome religious violence. The summits on religion should result in starting a dialog that ensures acceptance of the different religions.

When Culturally Significant Songs are Decontextualised: The Initiation Song Somagwaza, A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Dowling ◽  
Somikazi Deyi ◽  
Anele Gobodwana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Popular Song ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Ritual Music ◽  
Constant Comparative Method ◽  
Small Focus ◽  
Over Time

While there have been a number of studies on the decontextualisation and secularisation of traditional ritual music in America, Taiwan and other parts of the globe, very little has been written on the processes and transformations that South Africa’s indigenous ceremonial songs go through over time. This study was prompted by the authors’ interest in, and engagement with the Xhosa initiation song Somagwaza, which has been re-imagined as a popular song, but has also purportedly found its way into other religious spaces. In this article, we attempted to investigate the extent to which the song Somagwaza is still associated with the Xhosa initiation ritual and to analyse evidence of it being decontextualised and secularised in contemporary South Africa. Our methodology included an examination of the various academic treatments of the song, an analysis of the lyrics of a popular song, bearing the same name, holding small focus group discussions, and distributing questionnaires to speakers of isiXhosa on the topic of the song. The data gathered were analysed using the constant comparative method of analysing qualitative research.

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