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- Title
Journalistic griots: The marginalization of indigenous language news and oral epistemologies in Ghana.
- Authors
Mohammed, Wunpini Fatimata
- Abstract
This study examines news production and newsroom culture in radio stations in Ghana's Northern Region. It explores the dynamics of news production and delivery in indigenous language newsrooms. Through in-depth interviews with eight indigenous language news presenters and journalists, the study critically explores the intricacies of news production, drawing attention to how news production is contextualized within this society. Through an oral epistemological approach, I argue that news journalists and presenters draw on orature and oral epistemologies to build their news-presenting personas and personalities in a way that positions them as frame sponsors who intentionally set the agenda for news content by unilaterally selecting specific stories to air. This study presents novel ways to conceptualize framing and agenda-setting while demonstrating the usefulness of customizing theory for specific sociocultural contexts. The study presents theoretical and practical implications to bridge the gap between theory and praxis while rethinking news production in Global South contexts such as Ghana.
- Subjects
GHANA; ORAL communication; THEORY of knowledge; DEVELOPING countries; RADIO stations; SOCIOCULTURAL theory; TRADITIONAL knowledge
- Publication
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, 2019, Vol 17, Issue 2, p235
- ISSN
1476-4504
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/rjao_00007_1