Media Foundation plans monitoring Election 2012 effectively

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has announced plans to  develop an effective mechanism to improve the standards of media coverage of Election  2012.

To this effect, MFWA would organise a forum for experts in the Ghanaian languages from February 14 and February 15 to design a research instrument to monitor how radio stations use language in their coverage of the general election.

The forum, which forms part of MFWA’s Election Project in Ghana for 2012 on the theme: “Using Media to Promote Peaceful Elections through Decent Language Campaign,” would be attended by representatives of the political parties and media managers.

The experts would be expected to develop guidelines for monitoring language use in campaign-related publications, broadcasts and programmes on strategically selected radio stations in major cities and towns.

This was contained in statement signed by Professor Kwame Karikari, Executive Director of MFWA and copied to Ghana News Agency at the weekend.

The statement said MFWA would monitor how the media use language to promote peaceful elections.

It said the findings of the research would be published regularly to encourage the political parties and the media to minimise acrimony and concentrate on issues.

Source: GNA