Knowledge Commons | African Cinema Group | Activity https://hcommons.org/groups/african-cinema-group/ Activity feed for the group, African Cinema Group. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:48:38 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 79d1beefa95454c65b1b274737c306d6 Jyotirmaya Patnaik deposited Role of the Media in Africa’s Democratization Quest: A Case Study of Ghana in the group African Cinema Group https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1744019/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 02:27:10 -0400 In most African states, political openness and tolerance is measured by the non-existence of government censorship, and also the ability of the media to operate without fear. In agreement with the debate posited by Wasserman (2013) including other scholars suggests that the media is capable of building democratic structures as it provides a…[Read more]

]]> 0 c663deb620142acaca5f2b847d2020c5 Jyotirmaya Patnaik deposited Global Media, Digital Journalism and the Question of Terrorism: An Empirical Inquest on ISIS in the group African Cinema Group https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1742387/ Sat, 19 Jun 2021 02:26:52 -0400 This study examined the role of digital journalism on insecurity and terrorist attacks
of ISIS as reported by media outlets. This study was anchored on the framing
theory, which stipulates that the digital media as the machinery of development
communication for creating awareness of security issues. The method adopted
was content analysis,…[Read more]

]]> 0 e3826eba63f6a3c5f69a3441f2f12e1a Jyotirmaya Patnaik deposited Cinema Attendance and Cinema-Going Audience in Malaysia in the group African Cinema Group https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1742186/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 02:41:55 -0400 Cinema audiences’ behavior interests both industry professionals and academics.
Cinema-going is still indisputably popular form of entertainment in Malaysia. This
study discusses cinema-going in the era of omnipresent screens. It aims to verify
Malaysians’ cinema going behaviors and the sustainability factors contributing to
the Malaysian fil…[Read more]

]]> 0 85143674e0e36fbc409d2f02fd4d4601 Jyotirmaya Patnaik deposited News Sourcing, Positioning and Thematic Focus: Examining Newspaper Portrayal of Herdsmen-Farmers Conflict in Nigeria in the group African Cinema Group https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1742023/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 02:24:56 -0400 This study examined how Nigerian newspapers reported the herdsmen and
farmers’ conflict in Nigeria. It analyzed the contents of six newspapers to explore
the primary sources, the prominence accorded the conflict reports, and the themes
focused on their reportage. Findings show that out of the 159 stories considered
for the study, newspapers r…[Read more]

]]> 0 253ec12c002fb273a33024ace11d91b1 Jyotirmaya Patnaik deposited Media Coverage and Audience Awareness of Prison Reform Campaigns in South-East Nigeria in the group African Cinema Group https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1741831/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 02:33:57 -0400 The study investigated the extent to which the media have set the
agenda for the reformation of prison, which has since August 2019 been
renamed “correctional services” in Nigeria, and the corresponding level of
awareness among media audience in South-East Nigeria. Survey and content
analysis were the research methods adopted. For the sur…[Read more]

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