News Writing and Reporting: Journalist and Media Laws
OPEN UNIVERSITY m a l a y s i a
FACULTY OF APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES (FASS)
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ABCJ3103
NEWS WRITING AND REPORTING
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“JOURNALIST AND MEDIA LAWS”
• Semester •
SEPTEMBER 2012
ZALIDA ABU ZARIM (710909086130001)
710909-08-6130
0122743747 aidazarr@oum.edu.my HIZRAL TAZZIF HISHAM
PETALING JAYA
[18 NOVEMBER 2012]
TABLE OF CONTENTS__________________________________________________________
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Journalists’ Functions 2 1.1a Legal Responsibility
1.1b Social Responsibility 1.1c Ethical Responsibility 1.1d Reporting the News
2.0 Relationship Between Press and Media Law 3 3.0 Malaysian Media Law and Media Freedom 4-5
3.1 Article 10 of the Constitution 6
3.2 Section 114A in Media Law
4.0 Viewpoints on The Amendments 7
4.1 Violating Fundamental Human Rights 8
5.0 CONCLUSION 9 REFERENCES (In Alphabetical Order) 10
1.0 INTRODUCTION
A journalist writes professionally about world issues, local events, people and trends. There is a great amount of responsibility a journalist faces when presenting material to the public. Professional journalists follow a standard of conduct and ethics when working in mass media settings such as broadcast, newspapers, magazines and Internet. Most individuals enter journalism for a variety of reasons.
Firstly, journalists are the major group of people in most developing countries who make their living from writing. Many young people who see themselves as future novelists choose journalism as a way of earning a living while developing their writing skills. Although writing for newspapers and writing for books require different qualities, the aspiration to be a great writer is not one to be discouraged
FACULTY OF APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES (FASS)
_______________________________________________________________________________
ABCJ3103
NEWS WRITING AND REPORTING
_____________________________________________________________________
“JOURNALIST AND MEDIA LAWS”
• Semester •
SEPTEMBER 2012
ZALIDA ABU ZARIM (710909086130001)
710909-08-6130
0122743747 aidazarr@oum.edu.my HIZRAL TAZZIF HISHAM
PETALING JAYA
[18 NOVEMBER 2012]
TABLE OF CONTENTS__________________________________________________________
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Journalists’ Functions 2 1.1a Legal Responsibility
1.1b Social Responsibility 1.1c Ethical Responsibility 1.1d Reporting the News
2.0 Relationship Between Press and Media Law 3 3.0 Malaysian Media Law and Media Freedom 4-5
3.1 Article 10 of the Constitution 6
3.2 Section 114A in Media Law
4.0 Viewpoints on The Amendments 7
4.1 Violating Fundamental Human Rights 8
5.0 CONCLUSION 9 REFERENCES (In Alphabetical Order) 10
1.0 INTRODUCTION
A journalist writes professionally about world issues, local events, people and trends. There is a great amount of responsibility a journalist faces when presenting material to the public. Professional journalists follow a standard of conduct and ethics when working in mass media settings such as broadcast, newspapers, magazines and Internet. Most individuals enter journalism for a variety of reasons.
Firstly, journalists are the major group of people in most developing countries who make their living from writing. Many young people who see themselves as future novelists choose journalism as a way of earning a living while developing their writing skills. Although writing for newspapers and writing for books require different qualities, the aspiration to be a great writer is not one to be discouraged
References: Chamil Wariya. (2011). Journalism Code of Ethics Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Press Institute. Christians, C. G., Rotzoll, K. B., Fackler, M., & McKee. K. B. (2008). Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning (7th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Defamation Act (1957) Federal Constitution of Malaysia Ian Hargreaves. (2003). Journalism: Truth or Dare? UK: Oxford University Press. Internal Security Act (1960) Kathryn T Kieran, M. (1999). Media ethics: A philosophical Approach. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. Official Secrets Act (1972) Printing Presses and Publications Act (1984) Richard Keeble. (2005). Newspapers Handbook - (4th ed.). USA: Routledge. Sedition Act (1948)