Representing school arson in Kenya : an analysis of newspaper reporting

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dc.contributor.authorOburu, Hildahen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCoetzee, Bronwyneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSwartz, Leslieen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-17T12:08:16Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2022-08-17T12:08:16Zen_ZA
dc.date.issued2020-07en_ZA
dc.descriptionCITATION: Oburu, H., Coetzee, B. & Swartz, L. 2020. Representing school arson in Kenya: An analysis of newspaper reporting. Global Media and Communication, 16(3):293–311. doi:10.1177/1742766520946472en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://journals.sagepub.com/home/gmcen_ZA
dc.description.abstractArson is a recurrent problem in Kenyan secondary schools. Although school violence – notably gun violence – has received significant attention, there has been less academic attention paid to school arson, especially in Africa. This study explores how newspaper reports in Kenya framed school arson and links these framings to broader questions about the understanding and production of Kenyan identity. A thematic analysis of 334 newspaper reports revealed multiple understandings of school arson. Print media discourse afforded journalists an opportunity to make a commentary on the post-colonial globalized Kenyan society. We discuss the implications of this for understanding post-colonial media in Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1742766520946472en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublishers versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent19 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOburu, H., Coetzee, B. & Swartz, L. 2020. Representing school arson in Kenya: An analysis of newspaper reporting. Global Media and Communication, 16(3):293–311. doi:10.1177/1742766520946472en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1742-7673 (online)en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1742-7665 (print)en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1177/1742766520946472en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125613en_ZA
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherSAGEen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectSchool violence -- Kenyaen_ZA
dc.subjectArson -- Kenyaen_ZA
dc.subjectReporters and reportingen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial representationsen_ZA
dc.subjectSchools -- Fires and fire preventionen_ZA
dc.titleRepresenting school arson in Kenya : an analysis of newspaper reportingen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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