https://unilibrary.zetech.ac.ke:8443/xmlui/handle/zetech/15 2026-05-02T03:47:10Z 2026-05-02T03:47:10Z Chege, Simon Kihiu https://unilibrary.zetech.ac.ke:8443/xmlui/handle/zet/332 2026-01-29T11:40:14Z 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exchange of Sexually Inclined Messages in Contexts of Dating and Romantic Relationships Among Young Students in Nairobi, Kenya Chege, Simon Kihiu The surge in the use of smartphones and internet has coincided with an increase in sexting among the youth. Existing studies have hardly provided comprehensive analyses of perspectives and experiences of Kenyan youth on prevailing social contexts of sexting, particularly the nexus between the practice and processes of dating and forming romantic relationships. This study aimed at analyzing how the use of smartphones interrelated with the exchange of sexually inclined messages in daily social life of middle level college (MLC) students in Nairobi, Kenya. The research question that yielded the findings of this article was: how does exchange of sexting messages relate to daily social activities among the selected MLC students? The study was guided by the Theory of Planned Behaviour. The study used a qualitative research design conducted using multiple case study. Urbanized students with diverse characteristics who used smartphones to create and share sexually inclined messages were selected for the study. Non-probability sampling techniques were employed to identify 65 students aged 18-24 years from five MLCs that were purposively selected. In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were used to generate the data, and the ethical issues that were considered included consent, confidentiality and anonymity. The data were audio-recorded, transcribed and thematic coding procedures were used to organize the data into themes and subthemes. The findings revealed that the selected students’ sexting perceptions and practices shaped and were shaped by online and offline sexting activities of romantic partners. The study concluded that most students had misconceptions and harmful perceptions about the role of sexting in romantic relationships. Therefore, the study recommended use of responses that encourage bold and open discussion about sex, sexting and dating between children and adults, and that foster healthy parent-child relationships.

2023-01-01T00:00:00Z Chege, Simon Kihiu; Lumala, Masibo https://unilibrary.zetech.ac.ke:8443/xmlui/handle/zet/331 2026-01-28T09:58:22Z 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perception of Students on Delectations and Perils in Exchange of Sexually Inclined Messages in Nairobi, Kenya Chege, Simon Kihiu; Lumala, Masibo This study analyzed the nature of sexting in daily social interactions of middle level college (MLC) students in Nairobi, Kenya. It particularly assessed the delectations and perils the selected youth associated with the practice. Qualitative research approach utilizing multiple case study was adopted. Non-probability sampling techniques were employed to identity 65 students aged 18 to 24 years from five MLCs that were purposively selected. Data was generated through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The data was audio-recorded, transcribed and thematic coding procedures were used to categorize the data into themes and subthemes. Specific steps were taken to address the ethical concerns of confidentiality, privacy and anonymity. Findings showed that the selected youth were apprehensive and cautious about the perils and social sanctions of sexting but considered the practice pleasurable, thrilling and an opportunity to learn about dating and sexual related matters. The study concluded that sexting is a complex social-sexual behavior, therefore, motivations, perspectives and feelings why it is considered efficacious should form part of the scholarly and societal responses discussions. The study recommended the use of inclusive approaches to formulate strategies to deal with harmful norms and misconceptions that may surround youth negotiations and perceptions of positive outcomes of sexting. https://doi.org/10.46606/eajess2023v04i02.0285

2023-03-01T00:00:00Z Muindi, Benjamin https://unilibrary.zetech.ac.ke:8443/xmlui/handle/zet/328 2026-01-21T11:20:57Z 2025-04-14T00:00:00Z

The gadget in our hands: Mobility, utility and agency in the deployment of mobile journalism in Kenyan media practice -a look at the case of general elections in Kenya Muindi, Benjamin Communication occurs within a context; and in Africa today, mobile phones can be seen as the new talking drums that create new social spaces in the society. Just like the ancient drumming culture used by the dwellers of the continent to relay messages across vast distances, the mobile phone technology is changing the African society while concurrently, Africans are giving meaning to the mobile phone technology resulting in the reshaping of social realities. As Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis Nyamnjoh and Inge Brinkman (2009, 11) observe, both the mobile communication technology and the society are in a context of interdependence: “technologies are not seen as determining society as such, and there is no one-way direction in the relationship between technology and society. On the contrary, society and technology are interdependent and are evolving in a dialectic process of cultural and social appropriation.” Kenya is one of the African countries with a huge size of young population (under 35 years) and staggering levels of mobile and Internet penetration. The objective of this paper is to look at mobile journalism through reflections of mainstream media journalists and citizen journalists who covered the 2017 and 2022 general elections in Kenya. Qualitative research approach is adopted with a triangulation of semi-structured interviews and focus groups discussions. A purposively sampled group of journalists who covered the 2017 and 2022 general elections in Kenya was selected to respond to the research question. Preliminary findings of this study have been grouped into broad themes including embedding of the mobile phone in everyday life; reimagining the communal nature of African society through WhatsaApp and Facebook groups; and normative impact.

2025-04-14T00:00:00Z Muindi, Benjamin https://unilibrary.zetech.ac.ke:8443/xmlui/handle/zet/327 2026-01-21T11:13:52Z 2025-04-14T00:00:00Z

Kenyan journalism? An historical reflection on imperialism of the Western journalism template in the Kenyan media Muindi, Benjamin The history of Kenyan media has been shaped by a litany of forces including social, economic, political, structural and technological forces, among others. But, one of the under-explored narratives in the shaping of the Kenyan journalism, and by extension the practice in East Africa, is the history of the colonial antecedent and industrial revolution or the rise of global capitalism at the turn of the twentieth century; and how that informed the setting up of western models of journalism in East Africa. This conceptual (theoretical) paper reflects on these forces through three epochs: the preindependence European media, the Indian press and the native press, by using the Kenyan context to explore the historical accounts of development of the media in the region.

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