Aufsatz(elektronisch)#19. Januar 2022
News Sources and Framing of Responsibility on Devolution in Kenya, 2013–2017
In: Journalism & mass communication quarterly: JMCQ, Band 99, Heft 4, S. 1028-1047
ISSN: 2161-430X
The present research examines two aspects of newspaper coverage of devolution during a 4-year period between March 27, 2013, and May 28, 2017: first, through the lens of attribution of responsibility, who the news media most blamed for problems facing devolution; second, whether reliance on official sources in reporting of devolution mirrors the indexing hypothesis. Findings show that the most-blamed actor and dominant news source on devolution is the county executive. Journalists continue to rely on the elite as their main news source and as a result they shape the discourse on devolution.
