The government media are event oriented. They lack professional integrity for the public interest by ensuring transparency and accountability by exposing corruption and investigating crimes that hinder the national development process through ethical participation in the development activity in a process oriented manner and are not finding solutions for development problems through participating in the grassroots.
Structural censorship, self-censorship of journalists, unethical conduct of journalists, professional limitations, law commitment of media leaders to enforce the policy, lower level of public culture of information exchange, trespassing of editorial policy and government official’s perception of DJ as a development success only reporting are challenging the practice.
In contrast, privately-owned media in Ethiopia covers less development issues than the government media, gives very little time and space for the development issues of Ethiopia compared to the government media. But, in that little amount of coverage, they focus on government development actor’s failure and dissimulate non-state actor’s failure.
Paradoxically, the private media in Ethiopia similar to government media are not applying investigative journalism and watchdog the public property. They have no role in exposing corruptions and crimes committed on public properties. Practically, they are also event oriented and Addis Ababa-based, one-sided story tellers more than the government media.
Resource limitation (human, material and financial), wrong perception of government PR officers and officials towards private media and prohibition of information, government tax and null incentive for private media, lower level of public culture for information exchange and freedom of expression are the top line challenges which affected their coverage of development issues of the private media.
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)
- Introduction
- Background of the study
- Statement of the problem
- Objectives of the study
- Research questions
- Significance of the study
- Scope of the study
- Limitations of the study
- Organization of the study
- Literature review
- Conceptual framework
- Theoretical framework
- Empirical evidence
- Methodology
- Research approach
- Research design
- Population and sampling
- Data collection methods
- Data analysis techniques
- Results and Discussion
- The Practice of Development Journalism in Ethiopian Media Landscape
- The Nature and Scope of Development Issues Coverage
- The Challenges of Development Journalism in Ethiopian Media
- Conclusion and Recommendations
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- References
- Appendices
Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)
This thesis examines the practice of development journalism in Ethiopia's media landscape, specifically analyzing the coverage of development issues and challenges faced by both government-owned and private media outlets. The research employs the theoretical frameworks of public serving development journalism and social responsibility theory to guide its analysis.
- Exploring the nature and scope of development issue coverage in Ethiopian media
- Investigating the challenges faced by both government and private media in practicing development journalism
- Comparing and contrasting the approaches to development journalism adopted by government-owned and private media
- Analyzing the role of ownership, actors, and sources in influencing development news coverage
- Examining the impact of structural censorship, self-censorship, and ethical considerations on development journalism practices in Ethiopia
Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)
The Introduction chapter sets the stage for the research by providing a background on development journalism in Ethiopia and outlining the study's objectives, research questions, and significance. The Literature Review chapter delves into existing theoretical and empirical frameworks related to development journalism, drawing upon relevant scholarly works. The Methodology chapter explains the research approach, design, data collection methods, and analysis techniques employed in the study.
The Results and Discussion chapter presents the findings of the content analysis and in-depth interviews conducted with media practitioners. The chapter analyzes the nature and scope of development issue coverage in both government-owned and private media, highlighting the challenges they face in their practice of development journalism. This chapter also explores the reasons behind these challenges and considers potential solutions.
Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)
The main keywords and focus topics of this thesis include development journalism, Ethiopian media, government-owned media, private media, development issue coverage, challenges, content analysis, in-depth interviews, public serving journalism, social responsibility theory, ownership, actors, sources, censorship, ethical considerations, and media landscape.
- Quote paper
- Abayneh Mihret (Author), 2017, The practice of development journalism in the Ethiopian media landscape, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/374369
