Feminist Epistemologies of Ignorance: Deconstructing the Media’s Words About Eva Lokko

Ms. Eva Lokko, the first female Director General of the state-owned Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (The largest media organization in the country) in the course of her tenure as the head of the GBC, incurred the wrath of her subordinates leading to a series of articles in the media that questioned her managerial and administrative capabilities.
This study analyzes news articles about Ms Lokko through feminist epistemologies of ignorance. A textual analysis of the media articles within the theories of feminine representation in the media and the epistemologies of ignorance in the frames of stories about Ms. Lokko were employed. The purpose of this study is not to prove the rightfulness or wrongfulness of the administrative capabilities embedded in the discussions. Instead, it discusses the frames of ignorance that directs her representation in the media by deconstructing the media’s use of words in discussing her case and how her gender influences the meanings of these words.

Publisher: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 21, 2008
Year of Publication: 2007