will be cited that illustrate the points raised. Appropriate definitions of the key words will also be provided. The terms that will be defined are regulation‚ self-regulation‚ demerits and merits. The cases that have been taken up by the Voluntary Media Council of Zimabawe will be included at the end of the discussion. What is regulation? The first explanation is from Ogus (1994) who quotes Selznick (1985) as saying that “Regulation‚ is “sustained and focused control exercised by a public agency
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The Importance of Media Education Media education can help young people put current images and messages about Aboriginal people into perspective by helping them understand how the media work‚ why stereotyping exists‚ how decisions are made and why "it matters who makes it." Media education is not about learning the right answers; it’s about consuming media images with an active‚ critical mind and asking the right questions. In order to educate the media‚ here are a few examples of the types
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1. To what extent are the modern mass media creating a truly informed world? A truly informed world refers to the availability of information and news to people. It does not just mean the availability of information to the general public‚ but also to the government bodies and economic sectors. An informed world is important as it allows wiser choices to be made‚ as people have the knowledge of better alternative. Evaluations can be made and changes to better government policies can be implemented
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CHALLENGES OF PRINT MEDIA Conventional wisdom in the media industry holds that existing‚ established forms of media adapt to new and emerging forms. For example‚ radio adapted to the emergence of television rather than simply fading away. The emergence of the Internet and the plethora of information available‚ however‚ have led many to question the conventional view. Media executives and scholars agree that newspapers‚ magazines and other forms of print media face serious challenges in terms of
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1. We the Media is Informative Nonfiction because it provides factual information. It explains how technology has changed and how we the consumers are now producing the news through emails‚ mailing lists‚ chat groups‚ and by personal web journals. The big corporations can no longer control what is being published about themselves. We the general people can communicate information just like a professional reporter at little or no cost. 2. When I first started reading it I thought it was boring. However
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societies are dependent on mass media to deliver health information. Marshall McLuhan calls media "extensions of man." G. L. Kreps and B. C. Thornton believe media extend "people’s ability to communicate‚ to speak to others far away‚ to hear messages‚ and to see images that would be unavailable without media" (1992‚ p. 144). It follows that employment of mass media to disseminate health news (or other matters) has‚ in effect‚ reduced the world’s size. The value of health news is related to what gets reported
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Within the entertainment media there is now an acceptance of homosexuality First of all I think this issue is highly vary by culture I guess in the Ortodox Arabic world the entertainment media is not even allowed to speak about homosexuality while in other part of the world it is an everyday topic I would say so. The Mediterranean countries like Portugal or Brazil is another maybe more complicated case. But to be clear I would like to debate this question in the terms of the general “western culture”
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In the last 50 years the media influence has grown exponentially with the advance of technology‚ first there was the telegraph‚ then the radio‚ the newspaper‚ magazines‚ television and now the internet. Before discussing the influence of mass media on society it is imperative to explain the three basic functions of mass media; they are providing news/information‚ entertainment and education. The first and foremost function of the media in a society is to provide news and information to the masses
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Case Study: Media Content or Media Form? Media effects refer to "the social‚ cultural‚ and psychological impact of communicating via the mass media (Eveland‚ W. 2003). The public and government officials think from the perspective of media effects when expressing concern over media violence‚ pornography‚ and advertising. Media effects can be identified using five central characteristics 1) a focus on the audience 2) some expectation of influence 3) a belief that the influence is due to either
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Media literacy Media literacy is a repertoire of competencies that enable people to analyze‚ evaluate‚ and create messages in a wide variety of media modes‚ genres‚ and forms. Education Media Education is the process of teaching and learning about media.[1] It is about developing young people’s critical and creative abilities when it comes to the media. Media education should not be confused with educational technology or with educational media. Surveys repeatedly show that‚ in most industrialized
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