This paper aims at investigating Dagu, the traditional and indigenous communicationrnsystem of the Afar, as a central subject of inquiry. Previous studies on Dagu tend tornoverlook its dynamism and only peripherally treat it as a means to other communicationrnends. However, this study looks into...
From the experience of many countries we observe media‟s great role in building democratic and prosperous society. The challenges of private newspaper in Ethiopia: 2006-2008 attempts to discuss the challenges that hinder the private press in the country centers this research. To identify the...
The study aims to develop knowledge on how FM radios (private) are promoting socialrndevelopment issues to improve the public’s welfare. The study uses development media theoryrnand social responsibility theory to explain the responsibility that the private broadcasters have inrntreating...
This study was aimed at investigating whether external influence exists on news reporting. To this end, Reporter Amharic, Fortune and Capital newspapers were selected as a case from the Ethiopian print media. The most relevant theoretical framework to the topic, political economy of the mass media...
This study examines how commercial sex workers are portrayed inrntelevision dramas. It also suggests the implications the portrayals have inrncreating awareness about HIV/AIDS and related issues.rnBoth qualitative and quantitative research methods are employed. Datarnwas gathered through...
These days, the role of media is vital in informing, educating, and controlling thernmalpractices of democratic institutions in any country, regardless of their level ofrndevelopment. But this importance becomes even more crucial in countries that arernundergoing transitions to full-fledged...
The purpose of this study was to analyze Qeexaala fromcultural communication point of view. Tornconduct the study, qualitative method was used.The data was gathered through individual indepthrninterviews, focus group discussion and ground observation. In-depth interviews werernconducted with a...
As a consequence of frequent occurrences of landslides in Haro village and itsrnsurrounding, an investigation was undertaken to determine the factors responsiblernfor the landslide in order to produce a landslide hazard Zonation map using thern“Landslide Hazard Evaluation Factors...
This study explored the issues of the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) which were advocated by the Non-Aligned Movement comprised of the Third World countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. These countries complained about the inequalities and discrepancies in the existing...
Groundwater resource is the most important natural resource in the study area. Thernrapidly increasing agriculture, industry and domestic water supply requirements in thernstudy area meet mainly from groundwater. Groundwater is usually protected againstrncontamination from the surface by soils and...
President Obama is the first sitting American president to visit Ethiopia and was given much attention from both local and international media. The purpose of this study was to examine the framing of president Obama’s visit to Ethiopia. Informed by political economy and framing theories, the...
Geophysical methods provide the tools for solving various geological problems. In therncase of this work, vertical electrical sounding (VES) and magnetic methods are carriedrnout in the vicinity of Lake Beseka. The site is situated at about 200 km east of AddisrnAbaba near the town of Methahara....
Freedom of expression devoid of any interference has been guaranteed to all by the EthiopianrnConstitution. Rights of expression include the “freedom to seek, receive and impartrninformation and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, inrnthe form...
In early 1960’s, the surface area of Lake Beseka was only 3 km2. In 1976, thernlake area was estimated at 27.5 km2 and now it covers around 41km2 (Tamirurnet al., 2006). The lake gauge height is about 0.71m in 1976 and 5.6 m in 2006rnwhich almost increased by about 5 m in the last 30...
Traffic accident has increasingly become the recurrent problem in Ethiopia where thousands of people are killed and properties amounting to multimillion birr are destroyed every year, causing disastrous socio-economic consequences on the citizens and the country. Media, particularly state media,...
The study was conducted among 156 grade 5 students (78 girls and 78 boys)rnand 157 grade 9 students (77 girls and 80 boys) of the schools of DebrernBirhan town. The main objective of the study was to examine thernrelationships of previous math experience, specific math self-efficacy, generalrnmath...
The area under study is located within the Mekele outrnlier. It comprises Mesozoic sedimentary rocks unconformablyrnoverlain by trap volcanics.rnLandsat-TM images have been processed and geologicallyrnanalysed in combination with revision of the previous worksrnand present field survey for...
The overall objective of the study is to assess the communication effectiveness of Addis Ababa university community radio program.rnFor the effectiveness of the research, efforts have been made to study the overall operational activities of Addis Ababa University Community Radio and the attitudes...
Land use/land cover change investigation of the study area between 1973 and 2002/5 wasrnconducted using remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) controlled byrnground truthing. The study area is about 560km2 located in the main Ethiopian rift (MER)rnwith in the Orommia Regional...
This paper studies the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP)—one of the Food Security Strategies in Ethiopia that provides food and cash transfer to chronically food insecure woredas of the country through direct support and public works—in terms of the dependent attitude it develops...