COM3702/101/3/2013 Tutorial letter 101/3/2013 Media studies: policy‚ management and media representation COM3702 Semesters 1 & 2 Department of Communication Science IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. CONTENTS 1 2 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 5 6 7 8 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 9 10 11 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 3 PURPOSE OF AND
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Fireworks on the Fourth of July is a tradition since 1777‚ where every year 247‚550‚000 pounds of fireworks are bought giving the fireworks industry a yearly revenue that reaches up to a billion dollars‚ a statistic that should not be risen further (statisticbrain.com). People light the fuse‚ and watch them fly up into the air‚ ready to see the magic happen; With all these fireworks thrown up into the night sky only to explode in a brief flash of light‚ there isn’t much danger‚ since so many people
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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF TALBA HOUSING ESTATE MINNA‚ NIGER STATE NIGERIA ABSTRACT Shelter is one of the basic necessities of life and offers protection against inclement weather to the occupants. One of the problems in the provision of public housing in Nigeria and indeed other developing countries is that of the low quality of housing. Most governments have done well in public housing provision‚ but still‚ qualitative housing with attendant safety have continued to elude
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Democracy’s "The Media: Vast Wasteland or New Frontier?" Jarol Manheim and Douglas Rushkoff present opposing views of the media. Both authors raise the questions of what the media represents and what messages the media tries to send to the public. Is the media’s coverage of events just for entertainment value or do the reports have political content and value? Are the viewers capable of distinguishing between the media’s glitz and the real facts? Do different sources of the media system actually
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SCHEDULE "B" "CASTLE ROCK ESTATES" Invermere‚ BC STATUTORY BUILDING SCHEME Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions The within Statutory Building Scheme is declared by Castle Rock Estates Ltd.‚ as Grantor‚ this 1st day of March‚ 2004. WHEREAS: A. The Grantor is the registered owner in fee simple of certain real property situated in the District of Invermere in the Province of British Columbia‚ which property is legally known and described as: Lot 3‚ District Lot 7158‚ Kootenay District
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from elite conservatives to baby boomers turned to media to guide them through a time of immense corruption as well as newly-mainstream revolution. During the 1970s‚ American journalism reflected a sudden distrust of government and the assimilation of fringe values through traditional and advancing forms
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Detecting Media Bias Teresa Liles HUM/114 December 10‚ 2012 Christopher Page Detecting Media Bias Same-sex marriage has been an on-going battle for many years. California’s opposition to same-sex marriage‚ Proposition 8‚ barely passed in the 2008 election. Same-sex marriage has been a news-worthy topic since 1997 when Hawaii passed a Domestic Partnership policy which triggered other states to change policies as well. This issue started a state-to-state debate of whether same-sex couples should
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Throughout history the news media has an important role in society by providing information for the general public and each individual. Regarded as the "fourth branch" of government‚ the influence that media has on political affairs is extremely powerful because it enable citizens to form opinions on certain issues. To many politician‚ media is an instrument of manipulation and enables them to persuade large masses of people. With power follows responsibility‚ which the public believe it is the responsibility
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Stem Cell Therapy as Major Advancement in Medical Realm Due to the emerging and re-emerging of different diseases‚ stem cell research has offered new and more efficient ways of curing diseases. Stem cell research has great contribution in medical advancement although its potential is not fully expressed in humans. Traditional medical procedures combined with numerous researches on stem cells has given scientists and medical practitioners an improved and more advanced option to treat patients with
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|The Mayan Number System | |The Mayan number system dates back to the fourth century and was approximately 1‚000 years more advanced than the Europeans of that | |time. This system is unique to our current decimal system‚ which has a base 10‚ in that the Mayan’s used a vigesimal system‚ which | |had a base 20. This system is believed to have been used because‚ since the Mayan’s lived
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