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Framing of Climate Change Stories Covered by The Kenyan Daily Nation and The People Daily Newspapers

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Henry H. Neondo

Abstract

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Data collected through qualitative content analysis method and in-depth interviews of sources of information and journalists from two daily newspapers in Kenya, the Daily Nation and the People Daily on how they framed climate change stories during part of 2012, the year when the Kyoto Protocol was ending, found that although the Kenyan media cover climate change, these articles are placed anywhere but front page, rarely took leadership positions on any given page and scarcely on top left quadrant. In effect the media coverage on climate change may not have prominently displayed climate change articles as to solicit public discourses, failed to support the media advocacy objective of the climate change activists and perhaps contributed to the failure of government not to implement the provision of such key international instruments as the Kyoto Protocol.  The study recommended that gate keepers be part of the media advocacy for the Public Relations practitioners.

 Keywords: Daily Nation, People Daily, Climate Change, media, framing theory, Agenda setting.

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Title:

Framing of Climate Change Stories Covered by The Kenyan Daily Nation and The People Daily Newspapers

Author: Henry H. Neondo
Journal Name: International Journal of Science and Business
Website: ijsab.com
ISSN: ISSN 2520-4750 (Online), ISSN 2521-3040 (Print)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4409637
Media: Online
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Acceptance Date: 11/12/2020
Date of Publication: 02/01/2021
PDF URL: https://ijsab.com/wp-content/uploads/656.pdf
Free download: Available
Page: 67-81
First Page: 67
Last Page: 81
Paper Type: Research Paper
Current Status: Published

 

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Henry H. Neondo (2021). Framing of Climate Change Stories Covered by The Kenyan Daily Nation and The People Daily Newspapers. International Journal of Science and Business, 5(1), 67-81. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4409637

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Henry H. Neondo, I am a budding researcher currently pursuing my PhD while also working as a communications officer. This part of my master’s Thesis at the Daystar University, Kenya.

 

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4409637

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