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This research seeks to find out to what extent African news coverage is affected by different factors influencing news coverage at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). This is examined in the light of studies by UNESCO among others, which have shown that the problem of news coverage is that of journalism in general. The problem is less focused on what to put in the news than what to leave out. In addition to this there are other questions such as "who gets too much coverage in the media?" and "who should be left out?" (Stevenson & Shaw, 1984: 38)
The qualitative method will be used in obtaining in-depth statements (not numeric in nature) and the quantitative method will be used in obtaining statistical information (numeric in nature). The collection of data will be achieved through questionnaires which will be distributed to respondents.