Shack-dwellers access to electronic and print media

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Moreover, the accessibility to media is coupled with countless barriers which obstruct the majority of the population access to both print and electronic means of communication in urban and remote areas. While many societies strive to enjoy the fruit of the media to the fullest, others find it hard to benefit even from the very basic human needs such as food, clean water, shelter, health, sanitation and other necessities (lists. kabissa. org/lists/archives/public/iaw-conf/ msg00010. html)

This scenaries reflected in this research under discussion where three informal settlements of the Hakahana Constituency in Windhoek formed part of this study. In some instances, other sections of the population in various urban areas in the Third World are not merely excluded in terms of electricity supply, but lack of transportation and community centers make access to media difficult if not impossible

All 100 respondents of the sampled population that formed part of this research have agreed that they listen frequently to radio than reading newspapers and watching TV