Research Article
Exploring Public Knowledge, Practices, and Understanding of COVID-19 Science Communication in Bangladesh
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2025
Pages:
59-68
Received:
2 June 2025
Accepted:
4 July 2025
Published:
24 July 2025
Abstract: This study explores public knowledge, practices, and understanding of COVID-19 science communication messages in Bangladesh, based on a survey of 1,600 respondents. The findings indicate that while knowledge and behavioral compliance with public health measures—such as mask-wearing, handwashing, social distancing, isolation, quarantine, and lockdown—were generally high, a significant portion of the population faced difficulties in fully understanding the meaning of scientific messages behind these practices. For example, although 90% of respondents wore masks and 91.56% practised proper handwashing, over 80% reported difficulties in understanding the associated health messages. This gap between practice and understanding highlights critical issues in the design and delivery of science communication during the pandemic. The study underscores the need for culturally sensitive, accessible, and locally relevant health messages that resonate with diverse segments of the population. It also calls for more strategic use of mass media, interpersonal communication, and public engagement to improve comprehension and trust. The findings advocate for science communication to be treated as a central component of public health policy and emergency response planning in Bangladesh.
Abstract: This study explores public knowledge, practices, and understanding of COVID-19 science communication messages in Bangladesh, based on a survey of 1,600 respondents. The findings indicate that while knowledge and behavioral compliance with public health measures—such as mask-wearing, handwashing, social distancing, isolation, quarantine, and lockdow...
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Research Article
Ideology and Power in Political Rhetoric: Perspectives into Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s 1963 Speech at Addis Ababa
Mohammed Tawfik Adamu
,
Mohammed Sadat*
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2025
Pages:
69-76
Received:
5 July 2025
Accepted:
21 July 2025
Published:
8 September 2025
Abstract: As one of the process to create Africa Union, African leaders organised a conference of Heads of States and Governments in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1963. At this Conference, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah delivered one of the most powerful speeches in order to persuade the leaders to embrace the unity. This paper examines the speech delivered by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah during the Conference. It investigates the latent meanings inherent in the speech text. The study employs Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to interrogate the speech based on the concepts of power and ideology in relation to political speeches. It examines how social power, ideology, and social relations are built and retained through communication. The theory goes beyond surface-level apprehension of language to explore the concealed meanings, power dynamics, and social inequalities enclosed within texts and conversations. The findings reveal that issues of power and ideology are subtly constructed in the speech through stringing of arguments via carefully selected pronouns to create power, identification and differentials between Kwame Nkrumah and his audience. The findings also discover embedded characterization of Nkrumah as an ideologue and unrepentant supporter of socialism who was obsessed with African unity. Lastly, the findings disclose Nkrumah’s penchant for using logical reasoning in his speeches as a strategy to bring to the fore his ideology.
Abstract: As one of the process to create Africa Union, African leaders organised a conference of Heads of States and Governments in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1963. At this Conference, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah delivered one of the most powerful speeches in order to persuade the leaders to embrace the unity. This paper examines the speech delivered by Dr. Kwame Nkrum...
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