Media Framing of the First Administration of Devolution in Kenya

IF 1.1 3区文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION

African Journalism Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI:10.1080/23743670.2023.2204446

Jimmy Ochieng

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The current research, which content analysed 565 news stories in the Daily Nation and The Standard, examined media framing of devolution in Kenya between 2013 and 2017. It examined the most dominant frame in the four-year coverage of devolution, whether the coverage used episodic or thematic framing, and whether the tone of newspaper reports was positive or negative. Findings show that the coverage of devolution was conflict-driven, episodic, and negative. The dominance of the conflict frames shows that the polarised nature of Kenyan politics continues to influence media coverage of devolution, leaving Kenyans without a deeper understanding of how the implementation of devolution impacts development or a grasp on the challenges the new system of governance continues to grapple with.

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肯尼亚第一届权力下放政府的媒体框架

目前的研究分析了《每日国家报》和《标准报》的565篇新闻报道，研究了2013年至2017年肯尼亚权力下放的媒体框架。它审查了四年来权力下放报道中最主要的框架，报道是使用情节框架还是主题框架，以及报纸报道的语气是积极的还是消极的。调查结果表明，权力下放的报道是冲突驱动的、断断续续的和消极的。冲突框架的主导地位表明，肯尼亚政治的两极化性质继续影响媒体对权力下放的报道，使肯尼亚人对权力下放的实施如何影响发展没有更深入的了解，也没有把握新的治理体系继续努力应对的挑战。

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African Journalism Studies COMMUNICATION-

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1.90

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期刊介绍： Accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training for university research purposes African Journalism Studies subscribes to the Code of Best Practice for Peer Reviewed Scholarly Journals of the Academy of Science of South Africa. African Journalism Studies ( AJS) aims to contribute to the ongoing extension of the theories, methodologies and empirical data to under-researched areas of knowledge production, through its emphasis on African journalism studies within a broader, comparative perspective of the Global South. AJS strives for theoretical diversity and methodological inclusivity, by developing theoretical approaches and making critical interventions in global scholarly debates. The journal''s comparative and interdisciplinary approach is informed by the related fields of cultural and media studies, communication studies, African studies, politics, and sociology. The field of journalism studies is understood broadly, as including the practices, norms, value systems, frameworks of representation, audiences, platforms, industries, theories and power relations that relate to the production, consumption and study of journalism. A wide definition of journalism is used, which extends beyond news and current affairs to include digital and social media, documentary film and narrative non-fiction.