Media and Democracy in Africa

Haynes, Jeffrey; Hydén, Göran; Leslie, Michael; Ogundimu, Folu F.

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“…A similar trend is noticeable across Africa, also a relatively conservative continent. There is a long-held belief in some parts of Africa that the media are a neo-colonialization tool, designed by the Western overlords to control what we think and know about the world (Haynes et al 2004). For instance, the unconscious synergized efforts from media outlets to largely report COVID-death cases but not cases of recovery, has led to accusing the media of propagating unwarranted fear and being agents of governmental control (Olatunji et al 2020).…”

Section: The Case Of Covid-19: the Originmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19, strategic language, and communication

Agbede

Mheta

2022

IJRBS

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Society plays a vital role in guiding human behaviours; as a result, the public needs to adhere to societal rules. This then gives primal importance to institutions, especially mass media, which communicate to the public. The accuracy of the institutions' information influences how well the public adheres to societal rules. This paper uses COVID-19 as a case study to investigate how mass media influences society's compliance with societal rules. This paper aims to examine both the positive and negative impacts of the media during COVID-19 and massages out how the media bring about social change through their influence on human behaviour. This paper is guided by strategic communication theory. The paper concludes that moving forward, the ethics of mass media is the best approach as it would go a long way to ensure that the industry's standards are high. Keywords: COVID-19, Mass media, Strategic Language, Communication, Ethics

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Section: The Case Of Covid-19: the Originmentioning

confidence: 99%