FRAMING OF THE 2015/16 AMHARA AND OROMIA REGIONS’ PROTESTS IN THE ETHIOPIAN PRINT MEDIA: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ADDIS  ZEMEN AND THE ETHIOPIAN REPORTER AMHARIC NEWSPAPERS

Sojat, Fedlu

dc.contributor.author	Sojat, Fedlu
dc.date.accessioned	2018-09-24T09:04:44Z
dc.date.available	2018-09-24T09:04:44Z
dc.date.issued	2018-09-14
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8959
dc.description.abstract	The 2015-16 Ethiopian protest is a series of protests th at started on August 2015 in Oromia region and then spread in to different parts of the country mainly, Amhara region, Konso zone, and Gedeo zone. This study used a combination of qualitative and quantitative content analyses to examine how news articles written by Addis Zemen and the Reporter Amharic newspapers portrayed the 2015/16 Ethiopian protests. The study examined the newspapers based on the thematic theoretical framework of framing. Thus, it examined through conflict, economic consequences, Value/ morality, attribution of responsibility and human-interest frames. In addition, to the above frames the newspapers analyzed based on connotations and references. In this regard, ―Anti-Peace‖ and ―Protest‖ frames derived from the literature. The study revealed that Addis Zemen used ―Anti – Peace‖, Conflict and ―Protest‖ frames predominantly. On the other hand, ―Protest‖ and Conflict frames discovered as the dominant frames for the Amharic Reporter. Addis Zemen frequently argued that the protests are the activities of anti-peace and anti-development groups who were bearing hidden agenda to destabilize the country. However, the Reporter did not use such references. Rather, it emphasizes on the negative implications of such connotations and tries to present the root causes of the issue. Framing indicates that editorial decisions about which terms to use in a news story, which attributes of a person or an issue to highlight, and what social values to invoke can affect the audiences‘ opinions. These decisions are not necessarily deliberate, but they can be one of the great consequence. ―Schemas‖ (Scheufele, 1999). Therefore, depend on the analysis and the finding the study recommended to the newspapers, or other media outlets and decision makers the following points. To provide and make news stories in journalistic standards, the media ought to give a chance to ordinary people and be a voice to the voiceless, the government needs to have an open ear for different complaints and also it needs to identify how the people perceive the protest by opening dialogues with the general public and different stakeholders.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Journalism and Communications	en_US
dc.title	FRAMING OF THE 2015/16 AMHARA AND OROMIA REGIONS’ PROTESTS IN THE ETHIOPIAN PRINT MEDIA: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ADDIS ZEMEN AND THE ETHIOPIAN REPORTER AMHARIC NEWSPAPERS	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US