Agenda setting refers to the process by which certain influential groups in society decide which issues are important to them and that they feel need to be dealt with.
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Civic Education, Conflicts Resolution, Development Studies
This article will provide you with somewhat generalised perspectives on conflicts in Africa are seen by those outside. It will focus mainly on the Western perspective, given the fact that it is the Western world that is most in a position to do something about the conflict in Africa. A more detailed look at the
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Civic Education, Conflicts Resolution, Development Studies
Once a conflict is ‘chosen’ as being important and requiring attention and resources, other actors jump on in a sort of ‘bandwagon’ effect, so that soon all of the actors of conflicts are talking about it.
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Civic Education, Conflicts Resolution, Development Studies
We have seen in the previous articles that, like policymakers outside the continent, the role of media in reporting conflicts in Africa hasn’t been considerably significant. This seems to apply to even to certain media corporations within Africa. This topic aims to investigate why this is the case. Media agenda-setting is determined, to a certain
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Civic Education, Conflicts Resolution, Development Studies