The Quantification of Child Labour by Ghana’s Mass Media: A Missed Opportunity?

IF 2.2 2区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Africa Spectrum Pub Date : 2022-04-27 DOI:10.1177/00020397221096166

Kalaria Okali, E. Boamah, J. Sumberg

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Abstract

This article describes how the mass media in Ghana use quantitative information to communicate the prevalence of child labour. During the period 2000–2020, stories about child labour frequently appeared in Ghana’s mass media. Within nearly 30 per cent of the stories, at least one numerical quantification is used. Quantifications appear to be constructed primarily to dazzle readers. The large numbers and the weight of the technical jargon used would appear to significantly reduce the potential to inform. We ask why successive governments have not used the mass media tools at their disposal to more effectively address the complex policy problem of child labour.

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加纳大众媒体对童工现象的量化：错失良机？

本文描述了加纳的大众媒体如何利用定量信息来宣传童工的普遍存在。在2000-2020年期间，加纳的大众媒体经常出现关于童工的报道。在近30%的故事中，至少使用了一种数字量化。量化似乎主要是为了让读者眼花缭乱。大量的数字和大量的技术术语似乎大大降低了提供信息的可能性。我们问，为什么历届政府没有利用大众媒体工具更有效地解决童工这一复杂的政策问题。

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Africa Spectrum AREA STUDIES-

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

6 weeks

期刊介绍： Africa Spectrum is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal published since 1966 by the GIGA Institute of African Affairs (IAA) in Hamburg. It is a multidisciplinary journal dedicated to scientific exchange between the continents. It focuses on socially relevant issues related to political, economic, and sociocultural problems and events in Africa, as well as on Africa''s role within the international system. There are no article processing charges payable to publish in Africa Spectrum. For more than five decades, Africa Spectrum has provided in-depth analyses of current issues in political, social, and economic life; culture; and development in sub-Saharan Africa, including historical studies that illuminate current events on the continent. Africa Spectrum is the leading German academic journal exclusively devoted to this continent and is part of the GIGA Journal Family. The journal accepts Research Articles, Analyses and Reports as well as Book Reviews. It also publishes special issues devoted to particular subjects.