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The Role of Community Radios in the Development of Slum Areas: The Case of Pamoja FM in Kibera Slums, Nairobi, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2022-11-01)This study sought to examine the role of community radio in promoting the development agenda of slum areas with a specific focus on Pamoja FM that serves Kibera slums in Nairobi. This case study utilised a descriptive ... -
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Racialised Risk Narratives in Kenya
(University of Liverpool, 2020-08)This report examines the language used by government, media and social media to communicate risk and experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya. It unpacks several themes, some of them captured in the poem. Collectively, ... -
'COLONIAL VIRUS'? COVID-19 and Radicalized Risk Narratives in South Africa, Ghana and Kenya
(University of Liverpool, 2020-07)This report is the result of a research project undertaken in partnership with partners in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa between May and July 2020. It was supported by the University of Liverpool Global Challenges Strategy ... -
An Assessment of Audience Participation in Community Radio Broadcasting, Production and Content Delivery: The Case of Togotane FM in Kenya
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, 2021-05)This study was underpinned by the democratic participant theory, which avers that radio programming, production and content delivery play a key role in awareness creation. -
A study of terrorism discourse in taifaleo newspaper of Kenya
(MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome, 2031-03-01)Terrorism is a global concern and usually elicits a lot of sensationalism every time it occurs. The media often finds itself in the middle of debates over this issue. Apart from the role of informing the public, the media ... -
An analysis of the competence in literary criticism among Kenyan secondary school students: a case study of Wareng' district, Uasin Gishu county
(Scholarlink Research Institute, 2012-10-01)This paper is based on a study that examined the level of competence in literary criticism among students in Forms Two, Three and Four, based on the skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening in Wareng District ... -
Effects of terrorism news on readers of newspapers: a case study of taifaleo newspaper of Kenya
(SAVAP International (Society for the Advancement of Education through Visionary Academicians/Researchers for Peaceful Globe), 2013-07-01)The media plays an important role in giving the masses information about terrorism. Many developing countries have not in the past had many acts of terrorism that originated directly from those countries and for a long ... -
Invading the public sphere: media, private discourse and the public space in Kenya
(2008-12-11)Privatization and liberalization of the media, both print and electronic, has revolutionized information processing and dissemination. This has been further aided by continued advances in technology, especially the ... -
When metaphorical language use fails: A case of Zoosemy in the late Qaddafi’s political speeches during the uprising
(The Greener Journals, 2013)Politics is marked by power play among the politicians themselves and between the politicians and their subjects. When no amicable solution is arrived at, an uprising is eminent. During such uprisings, discourse plays a ... -
Teachers professional development sustainable and generative modes
(2011)The issue of professional development for teachers has in the recent past drawn substantive attention from education stakeholders, the world over. This is with particular consideration of the relationship that exists ... -
Teacher mentoring: A Synonym for teacher professional instruction and guidance
(2017): Induction programs largely focus on informing the beginning teacher about the school culture and infrastructure yet the core business of education is teaching and learning. This qualitative study uses a survey, ... -
Action Research: The panacea for challenges in ESL teaching in Kenya
(Horizon research publishing, 2017-04)Teachers of English in contexts where English is a second language are constantly thinking about their practice. It may be about routine classroom events or an initiative that one wishes to implement but wonders how ... -
Educational exigencies of the 21st century: Implications for teacher education programmes in East Africa
(2013-04-15)Questions about what constitutes effective teacher education, compatible with today’s changing educational demands, have become commonplace. This article is therefore an overview of ideas about the elements of effective ... -
Violation of linguistic and patient’s rights in Kenya
(United states international university (USIU), 2012)Health communication, particularly patients’ rights, has become an issue of concern in the recent past. This paper exposes the patients’ rights violation on two main planes: the linguistic plane and the right to information ... -
Assessing argumentative normativity in the english medium Kenyan newspaper editorials from a linguistic-pragmatic approach
(2012)The paper explores argumentative Normativity in the English medium newspaper editorials in Kenya. The paper aimed at establishing whether the editorials meet the logical, dialectal and rhetorical demands as aspects ... -
Cartoons can talk? visual analysis of cartoons on the 2007/2008 post-election violence in Kenya: a visual argumentation approach
(Sage Publications, 2012-05)The growing influence of the visual media in contemporary society is quite alarming; hence, learning to explicate them is inevitable. This is a paradigm shift from verbal argumentation to visual argumentation. The aim ...
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