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dc.contributor.advisorFlemmen, Anne Britt
dc.contributor.authorJemaneh, Agaredech
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-13T08:39:16Z
dc.date.available2015-01-13T08:39:16Z
dc.date.issued2014-11-21
dc.description.abstractThis research presents a qualitative study of Addis Admass (private) and Addis Zemen (state) newspapers from a social constructionist perspective. It asks the questions: How are gender and gender relations represented in the selected newspapers?, How do the selected items depict female and male social actors?, What needs for change regarding gender are represented? What new society do they imagine?, and What narrative strategies do the newspapers use? In addition to performing a detailed qualitative analysis of newspaper articles, the study includes a quantitative overview of topics addressed by the two newspapers according to gender, and over the number of female and male journalists. The study contextualizes the media development in Ethiopia in a historical perspective. The findings show that there are areas of change in gender relations advocated by the newspapers in both the private and public sphere. At the same time, the newspapers seem to duplicate the stereotypes and support the statues quo regarding gender and gender relations. Literature reviews show that the same tendencies prevail since I finished my data collection in 2000. Therefore, I contend that newspapers play a dual role, on the one hand, enhancing change and change factors and on the other hand, supporting the status quo.en
dc.description.doctoraltypeph.d.en
dc.description.popularabstractThis dissertation is about how local Ethiopian newspapers, Addis Zemen, government owned and Addis Admass, privately owned, depict gender and gender relations. The newspapers are still in the market. Ethiopia is located in Eastern part of Africa. More than 80 ethnic groups live harmoniously. Studies in gender and media are rare locally. Therefore, this multidisciplinary research will have significant place in the world of knowledge in general and in Ethiopia in particular. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used to conduct this research. However, the main part of the work is done qualitatively. The data analyzed are mainly taken from the year 2000 editions of the media. However the researcher argues that the media play dual roles regarding representation of gender and gender relations, enhancing changes and at the same time maintaining the status qou.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNUFUen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/7012
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_6604
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2014 The Author(s)
dc.subject.courseIDDOKTOR-001en
dc.subjectGender and gender relationsen
dc.subjectNewspapers narraitvesen
dc.titleRepresentation of Gender and gender Relations in Newspapers Narratives: the case of Ethiopia.en
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.typeDoktorgradsavhandlingen


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