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COM3706
Assignment 1
Semester 2 2024 -
DUE August 2024
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, 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

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