COM3706 Assignment
1 Semester 2 2024 -
DUE August 2024
[Company address]
, COM3706 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2024 - DUE August
2024
The research scenario Topic:
A content analysis study to investigate how your newspaper (insert the name
of your selected newspaper) covers political stories in South Africa. As a
researcher, the Institute of Political Affairs has appointed you to study the
coverage of political stories by your favourite newspaper. Therefore, you are
required to select a newspaper of your choice to investigate how this
newspaper covers political stories in South Africa. You may analyse five
chronological issues of your selected newspaper i.e. Monday – Friday or a
specific month/s in the case of a weekly newspaper. Therefore, it is important
to select a newspaper that is likely to feature political stories. We recommend
the regional or national newspapers because these newspapers have reach
coverage of political issues. Attach the cover page of your selected
newspaper as an addendum. As a student, you need to use your discretion
about whether a specific story is a political story or not. In this study, for
instance, you could investigate the main political themes that your newspaper
is likely to cover. How much space do political stories occupy in the selected
newspaper in relation to other themes? You could also investigate where in
the newspaper are these political stories placed (cover page, inside the
newspaper or back page). What are the leading political stories during the
period of analysis? How many political stories are covered daily and the total
number of stories during the period of analysis? You may also investigate the
1 Semester 2 2024 -
DUE August 2024
[Company address]
, COM3706 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2024 - DUE August
2024
The research scenario Topic:
A content analysis study to investigate how your newspaper (insert the name
of your selected newspaper) covers political stories in South Africa. As a
researcher, the Institute of Political Affairs has appointed you to study the
coverage of political stories by your favourite newspaper. Therefore, you are
required to select a newspaper of your choice to investigate how this
newspaper covers political stories in South Africa. You may analyse five
chronological issues of your selected newspaper i.e. Monday – Friday or a
specific month/s in the case of a weekly newspaper. Therefore, it is important
to select a newspaper that is likely to feature political stories. We recommend
the regional or national newspapers because these newspapers have reach
coverage of political issues. Attach the cover page of your selected
newspaper as an addendum. As a student, you need to use your discretion
about whether a specific story is a political story or not. In this study, for
instance, you could investigate the main political themes that your newspaper
is likely to cover. How much space do political stories occupy in the selected
newspaper in relation to other themes? You could also investigate where in
the newspaper are these political stories placed (cover page, inside the
newspaper or back page). What are the leading political stories during the
period of analysis? How many political stories are covered daily and the total
number of stories during the period of analysis? You may also investigate the
