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Integration Of User-Generated Content On News Reporting: A Case Study Of A Tanzanian Print Newspaper., David Lyoba Mbulumi
Integration Of User-Generated Content On News Reporting: A Case Study Of A Tanzanian Print Newspaper., David Lyoba Mbulumi
Theses & Dissertations
This research investigated the integration of user-generated content (UGC) in Tanzanian print newspapers and its effect on news reporting in the digital era. UGC, comprising text, images, videos, and audio created by users, has gained prominence due to the rise of social media and citizen journalism. The research employed a mixedmethods approach, starting with content analysis of a selected Tanzanian print newspaper over six days to quantify the prevalence and characteristics of UGC. Qualitative interviews with key stakeholders, including a newspaper editor, a reporter, readers, and the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT), provide additional insights. The newspaper incorporates an average …
Developing A Fact-Checking Model For Election Disinformation, Kenneth Kiunga
Developing A Fact-Checking Model For Election Disinformation, Kenneth Kiunga
Theses & Dissertations
Disinformation poses an increasing threat to the integrity of electoral processes. This research endeavoured to design a fact-checking model that can be used in an electoral cycle in Kenya. Through interviews and document analysis, the study first sought to analyze the efficacy and challenges of the strategies that media organizations in Kenya used to fact-check digital content during the August 2022 elections. The critical examination of the framework used by the African Infodemic Response Alliance informed the development of an electoral fact-checking model. The study found that the strategies that the media organizations used to verify online information in the …
An Analysis Of Ethical Practices In Production Of Youtube Editorial Content In Rwanda., James Munyaneza
An Analysis Of Ethical Practices In Production Of Youtube Editorial Content In Rwanda., James Munyaneza
Theses & Dissertations
Many scholars have investigated the impact of digital technologies on journalism ethics, citing falling ethical standards and urging the protection of the basic tenets of journalism. YouTube has emerged as a major conduit of information, thereby helping democratise content. But scholars like Ward have wondered if the old journalistic ideals of objectivity and editorial independence apply to citizen journalists as much. Indeed, Hulin attempted to draw a line between journalists and other online content producers, noting that journalists retain a major responsibility in the promotion of democracy. Democracy, he argues, still needs professional journalists. As such, media outlets need to …
The Practice Of Protocol Journalism In Uganda, David Rupiny
The Practice Of Protocol Journalism In Uganda, David Rupiny
Theses & Dissertations
Rigorous and good journalism plays a key role in society by serving the public good hence it is critical to not only appreciate journalistic products like news-stories but also understand their actual production process. This study analyses the extent of the practice of protocol journalism in Uganda and its link to news production by online news media organisations (ONMOs). The study uses content analysis to examine the extent to which news stories are reproduced from information subsidies or content provided by news sources. It concludes that the practice of protocol journalism and the resultant news stories wholly or substantially reproduced …
Online Audience Feedback And Media Accountability In Kenya’S Mainstream Media, Ann Adhiambo Okumu
Online Audience Feedback And Media Accountability In Kenya’S Mainstream Media, Ann Adhiambo Okumu
Theses & Dissertations
This study sought to find out if online audience feedback in terms of engagement, correction and criticism of news stories produced by the media, leads to certain decisions by the media that amounts to accountability. The objectives of this study were; (a) to examine the nature of audience feedback to news stories in Kenya, (b) to determine how media responds to audience feedback on news stories, (c) to examine how the engagement, correction and criticism of news stories by online audiences leads to more accountability in the media, (d) to establish whether prompt reaction by online audience has led to …