Etse Sikanku (Dr.)

Dr. Etse Sikanku

Lecturer

Dr. Etse  Sikanku is a Senior Lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Journalism and the Director of the Directorate for Research, Innovations & Development (DRID)

  • PhD In Journalism and Mass Communication.
  • M.A In Journalism and Communication Studies
  • B.A In Political Science and Sociology
  • University of Iowa, U.S.A
  • University of Ghana, Accra
  • Member, UTAG-GIJ
  • John F. Murray award for outstanding doctoral student (research), University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 2011
  • Leon Barnes Scholarship, University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 2011
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa Office of Residential Life, 2009
  • Society of Professional Journalist award for top college newspaper, Iowa State Daily staff, 2008
  • Outstanding reportage on developmental issues, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Media Awards, Accra-Ghana, 2006
  • Media and Conflict
  • International Communication
  • Research Design
  • Communication Research Methods/Analysis
  1. Sikanku, E.G. (2014). Press Freedom in Ghana: A Comparative Analysis of the Nkrumah and Kufuor Administrations. Legon Journal of International Affairs and Diplomacy, 7 (2).
  2. Sikanku, E.G., & Amoakohene, M.I., (2014). Media Discourse of President Barack Obama in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Yusuf, K., & Kopytowska, M.W. (Eds). Why Discourse Matters: Negotiating Identity in a Mediatized World. Peter Lang Publishing Inc: New York.
  3. Sikanku, E. G., & Yarnes, N. (2012). The Modern El Pluribus Unum Man. How Obama constructed his American identity from his global background. In Nicholas Yanes & Derrias Carter (Eds.), Obama-Mania:  Critical essays on representations, discussions and  meditations in popular culture of President Barack Obama. McFarland: New York.
  4. Sikanku, E. G. (2011). Inter-media influences among Ghanaian online and print news media: Explicating salience transfer of media agendas. Journal of Black Studies, 42, 1320-1338.
  5. Sikanku, E. G. (2010). A cross-lagged analysis of topic-based agenda setting influences in Ghana: An inter-media agenda setting study. International Communication Research Journal, 45 (3), 28-49.
  6. Media and Communication Strategies. How to communicate environmental issues. Presentation to staff of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Accra-Ghana. 2019.
  7. Interviewing and Communication Skills for Non-Communication Professions. Presentation to the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). Accra: Ghana. 2019
  8. Understand Framing and Political Communication. New York University Summer Program in Ghana. Accra: Ghana.
  9. Obama’s Africa legacy. Presentation to Harvard African Law Students Association. Harvard University. Boston: United States of America. 2016
  10. Framing Barack Obama’s first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa as president: A comparative analysis of African and non-African news coverage. 2010.
  11. On Obama’s post-colonial identity construction: A framing analysis. Paper accepted at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, CA. 2010.
  12. Comparative appraisal of party politics in Ghana: An ideological analysis of pre-independence and post-independence political parties. Paper accepted at the annual conference of the African Studies Association, New Orleans, LA. 2009
  • Blankson, I. A., & Sikanku, E. G. (2019). Media and Communication Strategies. How to communicate environmental issues. Presentation to staff of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Accra: Ghana.

  • Avle, B., Sikanku, E. G., & Akoto, K. (2019). Interviewing and Communication Skills for Non-Communication Professions. Presentation to the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). Accra: Ghana.

  • Sikanku, E. G. (2019). Understand Framing and Political Communication. New York University Summer Program in Ghana. Accra: Ghana.

  • Sikanku, G.E. (2016). Obama’s Africa legacy. Presentation to Harvard African Law Students Association. Harvard University. Boston: United States of America.

  • Sikanku, E. G. (2010). Framing Barack Obama’s first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa as president: A comparative analysis of African and non-African news coverage. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. International Communication Division, Denver, CO.

  • Sikanku, E. G. (2010). An analysis of Topic agenda influences for government owned and private news websites. Paper accepted at the annual conference of the International Communication Association. Global Communication and Change Division, Singapore.

  • Sikanku, E. G. (2010). On Obama’s post-colonial identity construction: A framing analysis. Paper accepted at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

  • Sikanku, E. G. (2009). Inter-media agenda setting effects between print and online newspapers in Ghana. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. International Communication Division, Boston, MA.

  • Sikanku, E. G. (2009). Media framing of Sarah Palin in the aftermath of her interview with Katie Couric. Paper accepted at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • Sikanku, E. G. (2009). Comparative appraisal of party politics in Ghana: An ideological analysis of pre-independence and post-independence political parties. Paper accepted at the annual conference of the African Studies Association, New Orleans, LA.

  • Sikanku, E. G. (2008). The media, agenda setting and African unity: prospects and implications. Paper accepted at the annual conference of the Mid-American Alliance for African Studies, St. Louis, MO.
 
  • Host, “World Affairs” on Class 91.3fm.