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The role of Facebook in the mitigation of corruption among the youth in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02-04)
This study examines the role of Facebook in the mitigating corruption among the youth in Uganda. It set out to establish youths’ views on the use of social media as a mode of reducing corruption in public enterprises in ...
Examining the contribution of social media to the practice of citizen journalism in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022)
The study examines the contribution of social media to the practice of citizen journalism in Uganda. It arose out of a need to address the challenge of minimal academic research that has so far been carried out around this ...
Examining the implications of staff turnover on Uganda’s journalism practice
(Makerere University, 2021-01)
The purpose of this study was to examine the implications of staff turnover on journalism practice in Uganda. The study was guided by specific objectives such as; to establish the reasons why Ugandan journalists leave the ...
Language and health: an appraisal of newspaper reporting on obsteric fistula among Ugandan mothers
(Makerere University, 2022-05)
The current study makes an appraisal-based discourse analysis of newspaper stories on obstetric fistula, using the Appraisal Theory (Martin & White, 2005), which offers a detailed account of different types of attitude and ...
European football and radio contents selection in Uganda : the case of Radio Two
(Makerere University, 2022)
The purpose of this study was to examine the European football and radio content selection at Radio Two. The study was divided into four major parts. The first part looked at how European football influences content selection ...
Assessing media coverage of technical, vocational education and training in Uganda: a case study of New Vision and Daily Monitor
(Makerere University, 2023-01-11)
The study examined the coverage of technical, vocational education and training (TVET) in Uganda by analysing the content of two Ugandan dailies, New Vision and Daily Monitor. The main objective of the study was to find ...
Difficulties in comprehension among learners learning English as a foreign language in Uganda: a schema theoretic approach
(Makerere University, 2023-01-20)
The main objective of this study is to investigate the difficulties which affect comprehension of
texts by learners of English as a foreign language in Uganda. It also reflects on the analysis of
how their past language ...
“We don’t eat ethics!” journalists’ experiences with brown envelopes in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023-01-09)
This study investigated journalists’ experiences with brown envelopes and the implications for journalism practice in Uganda. Brown envelope, meaning the incentive given by a story source or subject to a journalist, in the ...