Abstract:
This study assessed the framing of the collapse of UT Bank and Capital Bank on myjoyonline.com
and ghananewsagency.org. The study specifically sought to ascertain the main issues that
dominated online reportage on the collapse of UT Bank and Capital Bank as well as how the
collapse of the two banks was framed by ghananewsagency.org and myjoyonline.com. It also
investigated the factors that influenced the choice of frames adopted by journalists in reporting the
collapse of the two banks. The study was conducted using the qualitative approach. The research
design used was qualitative content analysis which involved the content analysis of both news
articles published on myjoyonline.com and ghananewsagency.org from August to December 2017
and interview responses of four journalists from Myjoyonline.com and Ghana News Agency.From
the analysis, eight issues were revealed to have dominated the news coverage, namely revocation
of banking licenses, GCB takeover and receivership, Banking capital inadequacy, Effects of the
bank collapse on the banking industry, Banking regulation, Fate of displaced workers, corporate
governance irregularities and Calls for investigations. Four major were revealed: frames; politics,
crises, industry correction and legal frames demonstrating how the collapse of both banks was
reported. Journalists in both organisations were influenced by their organisational philosophy,
news sources and resources at their disposal. The journalists relied on diagnostic frames to
delineate the problem at hand. The study concludes that the frame building process in both
organisations was influenced by internal and external factors with implications for news content.
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Communication and Media Studies,
Faculty of Foreign Languages Education and Communication, submitted to
the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Philosophy
(Business Communication)
in the University of Education, Winneba
SEPTEMBER, 2019