Project name: “The Ethnification of Ethiopian Media” workshop at Hawassa City
Implemented by: ENMS in collaboration with IMS
Donor: Fojo-IMS
Project summary
Public dialogue on “the Ethnification of the Ethiopian Media” organized by Ethiopia National Media Support (ENMS) and Hawassa University, in collaboration with Mersa Media Institute, Editors Guild, and the Ethiopian Community Radio Broadcasting Association (ECRBA) – with support from Fojo-IMS. The study was presented and discussed for the second time out of Addis Ababa in August 2021 at Hawassa City. Terje Skjerdal (Ph.D.) and Mulatu Alemayehu (Ph.D.)
wrote the study, which was commissioned by FOJO-IMS. The goal of the webinar discussion was to make the study’s findings more widely available and accessible, as well as to encourage further discussion among stakeholders. The study book discusses the interaction between Ethiopian media and Identity politics in the country during the past few years. The study examines the role of media in ethnic tensions in Ethiopia as well as how media practitioners are concerned about the significant trend toward more polarisation fuelled by ethno-nationalistic media of different origin and ownership, vis-à-vis federal-Ethiopian channels.
