COM3706 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2024 - DUE August 2024

COM3706

Assignment 1

(COMPLETE

ANSWERS)

Semester 2 2024 -

DUE August 2024

,COM3706 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS)

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


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, 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


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