Politicians in Newspaper News

Who Attracts Coverage in Kenyan Politics

Bibliographic Data

ID12977331
AuthorsKioko Ireri (0000-0002-3932-0365, United States International University Africa, corresponding author), Jimmy Ochieng (0000-0003-0632-9539, United States International University Africa)
Year2020
Volume25
Issue4
Pages675-691
Publication date2020-04-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of Press/Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1940-1612 • E-ISSN: 1040-1620
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1940161220915719
OpenAlexW3022488518
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited41

The present research examines the coverage of 349 Kenyan politicians in four English national newspapers between 2013 and 2017. Within the contexts of media coverage based on news values, and reporting as a mirror of political reality, the study investigates whether gender, tribe, party size, seniority, committee or party leadership, commenting on corruption and devolution, and criticizing the government predicted the visibility of members of parliament (MPs) in newspaper news. Findings show that seniority, committee or party leadership, commenting on devolution and corruption, and criticizing government emerged as the main predictors of the parliamentarians’ coverage in news media. Overall, committee or party leadership, commenting on corruption, and criticizing the government were the strongest determinants of the MPs coverage

Devolution (biology · Gatekeeping · Government (linguistics · Kenya · Language change · Newspaper · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Seniority · Sociology · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics

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