{"title":"“The New Sheriffs in Town”! Newspapers Visibility of Kenya’s First County Governors","authors":"Jimmy Ochieng, K. Ireri","doi":"10.1080/23743670.2021.2004436","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Content-analysing 2794 news stories in four national newspapers, the present study examines variables that predicted the coverage of 47 county governors between 2013 and 2017—the first term of Kenya’s devolved system of governance. Findings show that variables related to coverage as a “mirror of political reality” are the main predictors of the governors’ visibility in the newspapers news. To be specific, commenting on the topics of devolution and corruption are the strongest predictors, followed by criticizing the national government. County size (an institutional characteristic related to coverage based on news values) is also a predictor, although not as strong as devolution, corruption and criticizing the central government.","PeriodicalId":54049,"journal":{"name":"African Journalism Studies","volume":"43 1","pages":"34 - 52"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"African Journalism Studies","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2021.2004436","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT Content-analysing 2794 news stories in four national newspapers, the present study examines variables that predicted the coverage of 47 county governors between 2013 and 2017—the first term of Kenya’s devolved system of governance. Findings show that variables related to coverage as a “mirror of political reality” are the main predictors of the governors’ visibility in the newspapers news. To be specific, commenting on the topics of devolution and corruption are the strongest predictors, followed by criticizing the national government. County size (an institutional characteristic related to coverage based on news values) is also a predictor, although not as strong as devolution, corruption and criticizing the central government.
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Accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training for university research purposes African Journalism Studies subscribes to the Code of Best Practice for Peer Reviewed Scholarly Journals of the Academy of Science of South Africa. African Journalism Studies ( AJS) aims to contribute to the ongoing extension of the theories, methodologies and empirical data to under-researched areas of knowledge production, through its emphasis on African journalism studies within a broader, comparative perspective of the Global South. AJS strives for theoretical diversity and methodological inclusivity, by developing theoretical approaches and making critical interventions in global scholarly debates. The journal''s comparative and interdisciplinary approach is informed by the related fields of cultural and media studies, communication studies, African studies, politics, and sociology. The field of journalism studies is understood broadly, as including the practices, norms, value systems, frameworks of representation, audiences, platforms, industries, theories and power relations that relate to the production, consumption and study of journalism. A wide definition of journalism is used, which extends beyond news and current affairs to include digital and social media, documentary film and narrative non-fiction.
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