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IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON GHANAIAN JOURNALISM

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  UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES   DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY   MPHIL SOCIAL CHANGE COMMUNICATION   STUDENT NAME: BABA MOHAMMED KAMIL   STUDENT IDENTITY:   UDS/MCC/0005/22   COURCE: MSC 532: MEDIA AND JOURNALISM TODAY     PROJECT TITTLE:   IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON TRADITIONAL MEDIA AND GHANAIAN JOURNALISM PRACTICE         IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON GHANAIAN JOURNALISM Positive impacts The social media in Ghana has played a pivotal role in shaping national discuss. Both new and the traditional media have influenced many people on its content. The core mandate of the media is to educate, entertain and inform the masses. As part of the education, the media raises public awareness on certain critical issues. In Ghana foristance, the media use their medium to champion the course of national interest, like ...

SIGNIFICANCE OF 2020 GENERAL ELECTIONS

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      UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES   DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY   MPHIL SOCIAL CHANGE COMMUNICATION   STUDENT NAME: BABA MOHAMMED KAMIL   STUDENT IDENTITY:    UDS/MCC/0005/22   COURCE: MSC 532: MEDIA AND JOURNALISM TODAY     PROJECT TITTLE: REFLECTION ON 2020 PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS   SIGNIFICANCE OF 2020 GENERAL ELECTIONS In February 2019, former president John Dramani was re-elected as the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). In December 2019, incumbent president Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo also announced his desire to seek re-election on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Both candidates received endorsements from the rank and file of their party to contest the 2020 general elections. The two major contestants subsequently elected their running mates. While President Nana Addo elect...