Add to ORKGThis article reports on a study using the concept of accessibility and applicability of knowledge to analyse readers’ perspectives on the influence of political news in Zimbabwe. A qualitative content analysis was applied to analyse political articles from two main newspapers, The Sunday Mail and The NewsDay. Focus group discussions were conducted in Harare to collect readers’ perspectives on the effect of political news and print media. The findings revealed that readers choose what to believe as true or false determined by affiliation, knowledge and experience. Readers as individuals can block political messages dissonant to pre-conceived ideas and accept that which is consonant to pre- existing beliefs depending on personal experience, k...
The study set out to establish why there seemed to be contrasting discourses emanating from The Hera...
This study explores “old” school and contemporary journalist’s perceptions on the state of journalis...
Although the news texts are produced by media professionals but the main subject of this article is ...
Recent studies have been focusing on media discourses between the state-controlled and privately-own...
The 2000 parliamentary election was the first Zimbabwean election in which the media situation gave ...
While the tabloid press in Africa has often been criticized for undermining the normative functions ...
This article seeks to provide an insight into the complex role that editorials – a newspaper’s insti...
Using qualitative data drawn from in-depth interviews with journalists, this study investigates how ...
Text in EnglishThis thesis explores the representation of political conflict in the Zimbabwean press...
Using qualitative data drawn from in-depth interviews with journalists, this study investigates how ...
This study investigates the complex role editorials – a newspaper's institutional voice – play in hi...
This paper explores the perceptions of audiences towards the B-metro tabloid in Bulawayo, the second...
A well-functioning democracy needs the news media to provide information to its citizens. It is ther...
The article examines the nature of implicature realised in the election-prediction discourse in the ...
This study explores user interest in browsing different viewpoints from politicians and news agencie...
The study set out to establish why there seemed to be contrasting discourses emanating from The Hera...
This study explores “old” school and contemporary journalist’s perceptions on the state of journalis...
Although the news texts are produced by media professionals but the main subject of this article is ...
Recent studies have been focusing on media discourses between the state-controlled and privately-own...
The 2000 parliamentary election was the first Zimbabwean election in which the media situation gave ...
While the tabloid press in Africa has often been criticized for undermining the normative functions ...
This article seeks to provide an insight into the complex role that editorials – a newspaper’s insti...
Using qualitative data drawn from in-depth interviews with journalists, this study investigates how ...
Text in EnglishThis thesis explores the representation of political conflict in the Zimbabwean press...
Using qualitative data drawn from in-depth interviews with journalists, this study investigates how ...
This study investigates the complex role editorials – a newspaper's institutional voice – play in hi...
This paper explores the perceptions of audiences towards the B-metro tabloid in Bulawayo, the second...
A well-functioning democracy needs the news media to provide information to its citizens. It is ther...
The article examines the nature of implicature realised in the election-prediction discourse in the ...
This study explores user interest in browsing different viewpoints from politicians and news agencie...
The study set out to establish why there seemed to be contrasting discourses emanating from The Hera...
This study explores “old” school and contemporary journalist’s perceptions on the state of journalis...
Although the news texts are produced by media professionals but the main subject of this article is ...