Ethiopian Newspapers Framing Of Childrens Rights Issues The Case Of Addis Admas Addis Zemen And Reporter

Millions of children in Ethiopia are exploited in different ways. Children are forced to work in factories, in back rooms, on streets, and in the sex trade. In this regard, the protection against and prevention from child abuse becomes a critical issue. Thus the media is a powerful instrument which can be used to influence those who have little concern and to do more in overcoming the problems facing such children.rnThis study was conducted to examine how Ethiopian print media framed child right issues during September 2009 - August 2010. For this study Addis Zemen, Addis Admas and Reporter were purposefully selected for analysis. Content analysis was the major research method used in the study and hence 144 articles were analyzed. In collecting data both qualitative and quantitative methods were used. In addition to this, so as to make the data deep-rooted and tangible, in-depth interviews were conducted with the editors and journalists of the newspapers.rnThe result of the study shows that from the analyzed articles the majority were framed in human interest and empathy frames. On the contrary, morality, conflict and economic frames were the least used frames. Meanwhile, such frames were given a better coverage on Addis Zemen than on Addis Admas and Reporter. Comparing the private ones, Addis Admas gave a better coverage on child right issue than Reporter. In addition to this, health and protection from HIV/ AIDS and protection from violence were the most frequently employed types of child right. The newspapers mostly got the information from discussions /demonstrations, and they reported the news based on these sources. It was also learnt that government officials were highly quoted in the newspapers even though the fact is not true in Addis Admas. Children were not quoted to the proper extent. Community members and police were also given very little chance to be used as source.rnIn general the newspapers did little to inform the society what child rights issues are. The findings indicated that the media gave much attention to violation of children‟s rights and child protection more than to maintaining the rights and child protection

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