The expected massive connectivity in 5G wireless network is bound to be become a challenge to service providers. Many services over the 5G network will be aligned to a particular radio access network (RAN). As a result admitting a service based user to a particular RAN will depend to the most efficient radio access technology selection(RAT). This is because 5G network will adopt multi-tier...
Use of appropriate communication methods has the potential of influencing people’s understanding of their susceptibility to a health problem and their receptivity to and uptake of interventions against the problem. Interpersonal communication has been identified as an effective tool for educating people about cancer risks and motivating them to seek screening services for early detection of...
Media Audience as Consumers of Ethnopolitical Journalism in Kenya
Dr Michael Ndonye
Kabarak University
Abstract
The objectives of the study were to interrogate the utility of ethnopolitical Journalism to media consumers (audience) in Kenya. The study relied on the political economy of media theory by Vincent Mosco the propaganda theory by Herman and Chomsky and the theory of agenda setting...
In 2017, the newly elected government set out to tackle four agenda in its last term spanning 2017-2022. The agenda is pinned on the urgent need to boost the employability of the Kenyan youth by revamping the manufacturing sector to be able to contribute 15 per cent of the country’s GDP from the then 9 per cent by 2022. The second agenda was laying down plans and strategies to boost food...
Despite the increasing levels of education, integration, media penetration and globalization, retrogressive cultural practices still persist in certain parts of Kenya. Some of them are highlighted by the media while others equally harmful have escaped the attention of the media. The media as a tool for social change has been used to highlight these retrogressive cultural practices. Media...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the heavy usage of social media in the upcoming U.S presidential elections campaigns. There are several political parties in the U.S with 2020 presidential candidates; however, this study is on the two leading political parties, the Republican and the Democratic Party. Both the Democratic and Republican candidates have resulted to online political...