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COM3706
Assignment 1
Semester 2 2024 -
DUE August 2024
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
, 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 angle in which the stories are covered
(positively, negatively or neutral). Which voices were featured the most within the
stories (indicate whether such voices are those of politicians, ordinary citizens or
COM3706
Assignment 1
Semester 2 2024 -
DUE August 2024
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
, 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 angle in which the stories are covered
(positively, negatively or neutral). Which voices were featured the most within the
stories (indicate whether such voices are those of politicians, ordinary citizens or
