Introduction The public always relate social ills or social problems with teenagers from the age of 13 to 20 years old. Unfortunately‚ social problems have occurred in every corner around the world including Malaysia. It is one of the most serious problems that are growing worldwide. Most of the teenagers around the world are facing the similar social ills‚ such as‚ drug abuse‚ bully‚ abortion‚ alcohol problems‚ free sex and other social problems. Nowadays‚ newspapers in Malaysia especially are
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Journalists can feel that they have the right to free speech‚ it even says so in the Irish Constitution Article 40.6.1 it states that the “State guarantees the right of citizens to express freely their conviction and opinions.” Though in Ireland the free of
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It is difficult for news‚ in any form‚ to be a true reflection of reality‚ due to the many factors involved in the production of news. Human error‚ human interest and the fallacies of management all conspire to blur the line between truth and fiction. Potter (1998) stated that news is not something that happens; instead‚ news is what gets presented. We almost never see news events as they happen. Instead‚ we are shown the medias manufactured construction of the events. This essay aims to determine
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Although most of what journalist report on is social there is a spectrum in which they either fall as liberal or conservative. The liberal media drives our view of our world. Showing only one side to stories they may report on. In 2001 after the attack on the World Trade Center
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Subject: Independent journalists vs. government censorship in internet age At the beginning of this year‚ the journalists from the newspaper Southern Weekly – a liberal Chinese newspaper- stood up to the government’s censorship. It appears that Chinese authorities cannot neglect people’s desire for the truth any longer since the awakened citizen will lean against draconian censorship. As social media1) explodes and online-based small media emerges‚ we have tremendous channels to access news and
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and the Internet have created a new set of challenges that are on occasion addressed in the United States in a governmental regulatory framework‚ but always in the context of basic constitutional principles and protections of our free press. Journalists everywhere have a vital role to provide the public with knowledge and understanding. But as they practice their craft in a world
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distressed and traumatized crime victims and exploited their vulnerabilities. Journalists overstep their boundaries by disclosing private information (name‚ age‚ pictures‚ background‚ etc. of the victims) to the public before families could even be notified of the situation (Viano‚ 1992). The power of the media goes as far as having immediate access at the crime scene. In the Columbine High School Shooting‚ journalists trapped and force survivors to recall the ordeal for the sake of sharing information
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MEMORANDUM on The Zimbabwean Access to Information and Privacy Bill by ARTICLE 19 Global Campaign for Free Expression London January‚ 2002 Introduction The Access to Information and Privacy Bill‚ 2001 (Media Bill) is currently being considered by the Zimbabwean Parliament. Passage of this Bill‚ which is part of a series of restrictive measures proposed by the Government‚ was recently delayed when the parliamentary legal committee failed to report on it in advance of the second reading‚ as
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race reporting system‚ comes the power‚ role and responsibilities of the media. There are also several guidelines like the Media Entertainment Arts and Alliance‚ Australian Journalist’s Association and The National Union of Journalists code of ethics among others to which journalist have to ethically abide by. The indigenous people are natives that have always been in the country. They are different in culture‚ race and religion. They represent the minority of the ‘society’ and are fewer in numbers as
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account of organizations like the Society of Professional Journalism (SPJ) many people think that checkbook journalism is taboo or bad. The real question is‚ why? Why does the SPJ say that journalists and news outlets should be wary of checkbook journalism. Checkbook journalism‚ compared to the normal way that journalist go about getting information‚ is like the new taxi service‚ Uber‚ which is a taxi service that you are able to call or summon by the touch of a screen. Uber is better priced and more convenient
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