An Examination of the Involvement of Female Journalists in Reporting the Northern Ethiopia War: The Case in Amhara Media Corporation, AMC

Helen, Sefihun

dc.contributor.author	Helen, Sefihun
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-10T12:10:04Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-10T12:10:04Z
dc.date.issued	2023-07
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/15485
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of the study was to examine the involvement of female journalists in reporting the Northern Ethiopia war: the case in Amhara Media Corporation, AMC. The researcher employed mixed research methods. The study used an exploratory research design. The populations of the study for the quantitative method were 203 journalists. To do so the researcher analyzed 190 journalists from the total journalists of 203sample based. Also, 11 key informants were taken as a sample for the qualitative part from male and female reporters, editors, managing editor, and media managers. The data were collected using survey questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and focused group discussions. The collected data were organized and analyzed in the form of descriptive statistics and the qualitative data was analyzed thematically. The study used feminist media discourse, liberal feminist theory, and critical media theory was as the theoretical framework. The study findings revealed that female journalists had low involvement in war reporting. The results of the study indicated that there was a lack of participation in front-line reporting during the Northern Ethiopia war in AMC. The study found that three female journalists were involved in front-line reporting. Based on the findings, female journalists played the role of public forum facilitator and agenda setter in the studio to discuss with communities during the Northern Ethiopia war. The participants believed that only male journalists should participate in front-line war reporting. Wrong perceptions towards female journalists have resulted in low engagement of female reporters in reporting the front and war news production. Traditional gender stereotypes, such as the assumption that women should stay at home or care for children in wartime and be considered weak and only the agent of peace-talker were a major factor that hindered female journalist involvement in front-line war reporting. Generally, these results could lead us to conclude that female journalist had low involvement in war reporting. That is, the old traditional perception that says women can‟t perform as male was still affecting them not to involve in war news reporting particularly at the front-line. Based on the findings, opportunities should be given to female journalists because female journalists have the skill and strength to do as male journalists. Media organization should minimize gender-based assignments to give equal opportunities for journalists were recommended.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Journalism and Communication	en_US
dc.title	An Examination of the Involvement of Female Journalists in Reporting the Northern Ethiopia War: The Case in Amhara Media Corporation, AMC	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US