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From Page to Stage: Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Language of African Theatre Re-visited

Diang'a, Rachael (International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science, 2014)

A play’s production team has the task of interpreting the dramatic text into a theatrical production. The director and his cast have to create semiotic codes by which to present to the audience their ...
Community Theatre and Development Practices in the Nyanza Region of Kenya

Diang'a, Rachael; Kebaya, Charles (Journal of Pan-African Studies, 2015)

Positing Community Theatre as a site and agency for development, an effective way to share information and encourage community dialogue, this paper interrogates practices and efficacies of Community Theatre in Nyanza, ...
Cinematographic Techniques in Three Kenyan Films

Diang'a, Rachael (Journal of African Cinemas, 2015)

This study investigates cinematography in Kenyan feature films from 1980 to 2010. Informed by Michael Rabiger’s (2008) view of film form as the manner in which content is presented, it is grounded on the assumption that ...
‘My social network, my choice’: User gratification factors influencing choice of online social network sites among teenagers

Sikolia, Geoffrey; Mberia, Hellen; Bigambo, Okumu (International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2015-03)

Teenagers are considered the most prolific users of social network sites (SNSs), where they spend a considerable amount of time. The growth of these online communities has skyrocketed with familiar examples being Facebook, ...
Message films in Africa: A look into the past

Diang'a, Rachael (Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2016)

Message Film-making has characterised much of films produced in post-independent Kenya. The country produced very few films in the 1980s, when indigenous film-making actually began to take root. Liberalisation of the ...
Factors That Influence Effective Communication of Agricultural Information among Farmers – The Case of Farmers in South West Kisumu Ward, Kisumu County

Awili, Miriam; Prof., White; Kimotho, Stephen (Journal of Developing Country Studies, 2016)

Purpose: The purpose of study was to establish f actors influencing effective communication of agricultura l information among farmers in South West Kisumu Ward, Kisumu C ounty . Methodology: The study ...
Digitized Ethnic Hate Speech: Understanding Effects of Digital Media Hate Speech on Citizen Journalism in Kenya

Kimotho, Stephen; Nyaga, Rahab (Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016-06)

Ethnicity in Kenya permeates all spheres of life. However, it is in politics that ethnicity is most visible. Election time in Kenya often leads to ethnic competition and hatred, often expressed through various media. Ethnic ...
The role of social interpersonal communication on abortion decision making: A review of literature

Wahome, Mercy; Mberia, Hellen; Sikolia, Geoffrey (International Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing Practice, 2017)

Purpose: The objective of the study was to role of social interpersonal communication on abortion decision making. Methodology: This study used a Desk top review. The analysis was largely based on literature review from ...
Themes in Kenyan cinema: Seasons and reasons

Diang'a, Rachael (Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2017)

This is a study of thematic dimensions taken by feature films produced in Kenya from 1963 to 2013. The rather expansive 50-year period is characterised by varied historical, economic, social and technological changes in ...
Determinants of Social Network Site Preferences for Accessing Reproductive Health Information among University Students in Nairobi

Macharia, Nancy; Kinoti, Hellen; Sikolia, Geoffrey (International Journal of Media, Journalism and Mass Communications (IJMJMC), 2018)

In Kenya, the youth represent 35% of the total population. The youth have been found to be very sexually active and experimental. For these youth to navigate this stage successfully there is a need to ensure they have ...
Effect of adequacy of information resources on user satisfaction at Pwani University library

Wanyonyi, S; Odin, C; Sikolia, Geoffrey (The Strategic Journal of Business and Management, 2018-09-12)

This study aimed at investigating the Effect of adequacy of information resources on user satisfaction at Pwani University library. The research design employed in this study was mixed methods. The key informants for the ...
Social Media Use by the Deaf in Business in Nairobi, Kenya

Ngugi, Joyce; Kimotho, Stephen; Muturi, Silvia (African Journal Of Business And Management, 2018-10)

Social media for business is the new frontier for deaf Kenyans, due to the information gap they often experience as they navigate a largely speaking and hearing world. This case studyon the use of social media platforms ...
Is Servant Leadership a ‘Christian Theory’?A Critical Examination of Greenleaf's Servant LeadershipConcept

Kimotho, Stephen (International Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Studies, 2019)

Since Robert Greenleaf put down his seminal leadership ideas dubbed The Servant as Leader, in 1970, there has been a tremendous growth in interest in his ideas and philosophy of servant leadership. Varied reasons have been ...
‘LAST SEEN NOW’: Explaining teenage identities and social capital on social network sites in Kenya

Sikolia, Geoffrey; Mberia, Hellen (Journal of Development and Communication Studies, 2019-01)

This article sought to address the gap in empirical research related to personal identity and social capital as gratification factors motivating teenage engagement on Social Network Sites (SNSs) in Kenya. We employed a ...
Media Ethics: Can ‘Ethics of System Awareness’ form a foundational African moral philosophy for Journalists?

Kimotho, Stephen (SSRN, 2019-03-18)

Robert White’s paper titled “The moral foundations of media ethics in Africa” observes that a number of the analyses of media ethics in African contexts, have established, that journalists and other media workers are ...
The storm around Beall’s List: a review of issues raised by Beall’s critics over his criteria of identifying predatory journals and publishers

Kimotho, Stephen (International Multi-Disciplinary Journal Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2019-04)

The issue of substandard, or the predatory journals as they are popularly known, flooding the internet has been one of the biggest challenges to quality and ethical scholarship in modern world. One of the most renowned ...

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