Abstract:
This study sought to find out the newspaper reading habits of the debaters’ club of
Okuapemman School, Akropong-Akuapem. Three theories, namely, the Uses and
Gratification Theory, Dependency Theory and Sense-Making Theory; underpinned this
qualitative study. Purposive sampling and convenient sampling techniques were used
to select participants for the study. Observation, Semi-structured interviews, and focus
group discussions were used to obtain data for this study. In all, twelve (12) students of
Okuapemman School were purposively and conveniently selected. Four (4) participants
were interviewed and the eight (8) taken through the focus group discussion. The study
revealed that members of the school’s debaters’ club had varied newspaper reading
habits (styles). They engaged in silent reading when at the school’s library or may
engaged in reading aloud if they had the opportunity to read newspapers outside the
library or at home. Finally, the study showed that the students could not be described
as habitual readers of newspapers so much efforts must be made to sensitize students
on the importance of newspapers in education, and the need to develop good newspaper
reading habits as well as overall reading.
Description:
A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA
STUDIES, FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND
COMMUNICATION, SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE
STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN PARTIAL
FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE
MASTER OF ARTS (COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES) DEGREE.
DECEMBER, 2018