ASSIGNMENT ONE

[MEDIA STUDIES 1 - ACOM152]

DUE DATE: 20/09/2012

The structure of your assignment needs to be as follows and a maximum of 10% will be deducted from your total if the following requirements are not met:

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MEDIA STUDIES ONE : ACOM152
Question 1: Ch. 14 The Culture of Journalism: Values, Ethics, and Democracy
1.1What are the drawbacks of the informational model of journalism? (4)
1.2What is news? (2)
1.3What are some of the key values that underlie modern journalism? (10)
1.4How do issues such as deception and privacy present ethical problems for journalists? (4)
1.5Why is getting a story first important to reporters? (2)
1.6What are the connections between so-called neutral journalism and economics? (4)
1.7Why have reporters become so dependent on experts? (2)
1.8Why do many conventional journalists (and citizens) believe firmly in the idea that there are two sides to every story? (3)
1.9In the public eye, how credibility is TV news when compared to print journalism? (2)
1.10With regard to TV news, what are sound bites and happy talk? (2)
1.11What is public journalism? How did it propose to make journalism better? (3)
1.12What are the major criticisms of the public journalism movement? (3)
1.13How do public and conventional journalists differ when it comes to maintaining credibility with their audience? (3)
1.14What is deliberative democracy, and what does it have to do with journalism? (4)
(Marks 50)
Question 2: Ch 16 Legal Controls and Freedom of Expression
2.1What is the philosophical concept that underlies the notion of free expression? (3)
2.2How has censorship been defined historically? (3)
2.3What does a public figure have to do to win a libel case? What are the main defenses that a newspaper can use to thwart a charge of libel? (6)
2.4How does a court determine obscenity? (3)
2.5The government and the courts view print and broadcasting as different forms of expression. What are the major differences? (6)
2.6Why is the Internet a potentially more democratic form than broadcasting? (4)
2.7Explain the various models of the news media that exist under different political systems. (25)
(Marks 50)
TOTAL 100
Reading
Media & Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication, by Richard Campbell,Christopher R. Martin, and Bettina Fabos. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011.