Newspaper Review Show in the Broadcast Media Space in Ghana

Nyarko, Jacob

doi:10.1177/2158244016654952

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“…However, mainstream media organisations across the world are using different mechanisms to counter fake news. For example, mainstream US media organisations (such as The New York Times, the Washington Post and CNN) have not only trained their journalists to be on guard against fake news but also developed effective mechanisms to make sure fake news is filtered out from their news stream (McNair, 2017;Umair, 2016). Social media giants (like Facebook, Twitter and Google) are developing algorithms to identify and discourage fake news.…”

Section: Training For Mobile Journalism and News Verification In Pakimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are significant international studies on fake news (Ahiabenu et al, 2018;Iretton & Posetti, 2018;Levinson, 2016;McNair, 2017) and mobile journalism practice (Bardoel & Dueze, 2001;Bivens, 2008;Cameron, 2011; Sadia Jamil, Gifty Appiah-Adjei Nicole, 2014;Stephen, 2009;Umair, 2016;Westlund, 2008Westlund, , 2013. However, there is a dearth of studies that offer qualitative analysis about the role of mobile journalism in reshaping news production process and the ways it aids in promoting fake news in Pakistan and Ghana.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Journalism in the era of mobile technology: The changing pattern of news production and the thriving culture of fake news in Pakistan and Ghana

Jamil¹,

Appiah-Adjei²

2019

World of Media

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The advent of new technologies has resulted in the rise of mobile journalism around the globe. Mobile devices have reformed the newsroom environments by introducing new means to connect with the audience and to communicate with other journalists within the same place. Many traditional media organizations already produce news content for mobile web-sites and apps in proportion to cross-media strategies, reflecting structural changes in the journalism industry and transformation in the process of news production in many countries and although coming from different cultural traditions and geographical locations, Pakistan and Ghana are no exceptions. However, there are concerns about the potential role of mobile journalism in fostering the culture of fake news in both countries. Thus, using the media convergence and social responsibility theories, this study aims to analyse how mobile journalism is altering the news production process and fostering the trend of fake news in Pakistan and Ghana. To accomplish this aim, this study uses the qualitative methods of document review and in-depth interviews and offers a thematic analysis of the qualitative data.

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Section: Training For Mobile Journalism and News Verification In Pakimentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Journalism in the era of mobile technology: The changing pattern of news production and the thriving culture of fake news in Pakistan and Ghana

Jamil¹,

Appiah-Adjei²

2019

World of Media

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“…Most Ghanaians depend on FM radio stations as trusted and credible media that broadcast in various local languages, thus eliminating the literacy barrier [ 8 , 13 ]. Newspapers are well respected because of their agenda setting role through newspaper review programs on FM radio stations [ 14 , 15 ], but are limited because they publish in English in a country with high illiteracy [ 13 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Botched Ebola Vaccine Trials in Ghana: An Analysis of Discourses in the Media

Thompson

2021

Vaccines

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In June 2015, proposed Ebola vaccine trials were suspended by the Ministry of Health of Ghana amid protests from members of parliament and the general public. Scholarship has often focused on the design, development, and administration of vaccines. Of equal importance are the social issues surrounding challenges with vaccine trials and their implementation. The purpose of this study was to analyze discourses in the media that led to the suspension of the 2015 Ebola vaccine trials in Ghana. I use a sociological lens drawing on moral panic and risk society theories. The study qualitatively analyzed discourses in 18 semi-structured interviews with media workers, selected online publications, and user comments about the Ebola vaccine trials. The findings show that discourses surrounding the Ebola vaccine trials drew on cultural, biomedical, historical, and even contextual knowledge and circumstances to concretize risk discourses and garner support for their positions. Historical, political, and cultural underpinnings have a strong influence on biomedical practices and how they are (not) accepted. This study highlights the complexity and challenges of undertaking much needed vaccine tests in societies where the notion of drug trials has underlying historical and sociological baggage that determine whether (or not) the trials proceed.

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“…Globally, the scholarship on mediatised genres has, generally, focused on news interviews (Kampf, 2021), political interviews (Rodiah et al, 2019;Vignozzi, 2019), and talk show interviews (Gregori-Signes, 1998). In Ghana, the focus has been on newspaper reviews (Nyarko, 2016), radio health talk (Sarfo, 2012), and sports news presentations (Amoakohene, 2015), with limited attention to political talk shows. The present study, therefore, examined the schematic structure and linguistic realisations of the Introduction sections of Newsfile, a leading Ghanaian television talk show.…”

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Genre Analysis of the Introduction Sections of Newsfile, a Ghanaian TV Talk Show

Agbaglo

Ayaawan

Owusu

2021

ijeltal

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In recent times, the language of mediatized genres has attracted much scholarly attention all over the world. However, little is known about the rhetorical structure and linguistic realisation of television talk shows in Ghana. This study, therefore, examined the Introduction sections of Newsfile, a popular television talk show telecast on JoyNews, a Ghanaian television station, to determine its schematic structure and linguistic realisations. Data for the study comprised five Introduction sections of the Newsfile aired after the 2016 general elections. The data were transcribed and analyzed based on the English for Specific Purposes (ESP) approach to genre analysis. The findings revealed that the Introduction section of the talk show was characterized by ten moves (Greetings, Naming of Programme, The Seller, Naming the Host, Invitation of Viewers, Introduction of Subject, Signalling Commercial Break, Host’s Address, Introduction of Guests, and Introduction of Sponsors), with the Host’s Address and Introduction of Guests realized by steps. The study also revealed that while some of these moves were obligatory, others were optional. Additionally, it was revealed that there were recursions of some moves. Further analysis revealed the linguistic resources used in each of the moves. This study has implications for scholarship on talk shows especially in sub-Saharan Africa, genre studies, pedagogy, and further research.

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Newspaper Review Show in the Broadcast Media Space in Ghana

Cited by 12 publications

References 30 publications

Journalism in the era of mobile technology: The changing pattern of news production and the thriving culture of fake news in Pakistan and Ghana

Journalism in the era of mobile technology: The changing pattern of news production and the thriving culture of fake news in Pakistan and Ghana

Botched Ebola Vaccine Trials in Ghana: An Analysis of Discourses in the Media

Genre Analysis of the Introduction Sections of Newsfile, a Ghanaian TV Talk Show

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