General News of Wednesday, 4 April 2018Source: ghananewsagency.orgMedia coverage of inequality is 12 percent – MFWA studyAbigail Larbi is programme manager for Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)A study conducted by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), a civil society organisation, has revealed that the media is covering less of issues of inequality in Ghana. Dubbed; “Baseline Study on Media Coverage of Inequality Issues in Ghana,” the study shows that out of 6,477 stories across 22 media outlets; only 783 (12 percent) focused on inequality. It was conducted over a two-week period (March 5 to 17) of editorial content from the selected media, namely; newspapers - Daily Graphic, Daily Guide, Ghanaian Times, Daily Dispatch, Chronicle, Finder, New Crusading Guide, Daily Searchlight, Today and Daily Heritage. Radio covers Joy FM, Citi FM, Peace FM and Adom FM; whereas online media were Myjoyonline.com, Citifmonline.com, Ghanaweb.com and Peacefmonline.com. The objectives of the study were to examine the frequency of coverage of inequality issues; the forms/types of inequality issues covered in the media (social, economic, political representation) and the dominant frames used in the coverage of inequality issues (episodic, thematic).

Source: GhanaWeb April 04, 2018 04:30 UTC