individuals‚ groups‚ or institutions to determine for themselves when‚ how‚ and to what extent information about them is communicated to others (self information control right). In this age of mass media‚ individual privacy has become a casualty of journalists’ feeding frenzy and it has become really hard for societies to determine the nature and process of information in the public domain. In this article I reflect on the problem in Nepal’s context. Despite being a social animal‚ every human being seeks
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question has to be asked by someone and the journalist is the one who craves this duty. They are the ones who grab the challenge with both hands and seek for the truth. This is the essence of journalism and why it matters so much to free society. It’s offerings of informative answers in plain English make it accessible to all. In a democracy where politicians believe their own spin and freely offer their viewpoint on current issues it is crucial for journalists to actively seek information and knock on
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What are the Essential Features of Effective Communication? 1. Simple language : The language used in the communication should be simple and understandable. 2. Clearness : The communicator should be clear in his mind about the objective of his communication. There should not be any ambiguity in communication. 3. Adequacy of information: It should contain adequate information and should be complete in all respect; otherwise it will not serve the purpose of communication. 4. Proper medium of communication:
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regulations are implemented in the Privacy‚ Security‚ and Enforcement Rules. Journalist and reporters are most affected by the HIPAA regulations and often limited to the type of information they are able to release to the public. The First Amendment protects individuals’ freedom of expression by prohibiting Congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals to speak freely. However‚ when it comes to newsgathering‚ journalists are finding it
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bias is the bias or perceived bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of events and stories that are reported and how they are covered. The term “media bias” implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening the standards of journalism. Several forms of media bias exists in today’s society including mainstream bias‚ advertising bias‚corporate bias‚ etc. According to Kirby Goidel and Keith Gaddie‚ both who are journalists for The Huffington Post‚ “ The most common
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muckraker should be a title for these journalists to hold high in today’s society when its definition is someone who “searches out and publicly exposes real of apparent misconduct of a prominent individual or business.” Historically the term muckraker has been used as a belligerent term towards the dissidents who exaggerated the true. In 1906 when Roosevelt gave his speech he was employing the term to describe the yellow journalist of the time. A yellow journalist was a reporter who was applying propaganda
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to be objective as a journalist though? Rupar (reference) sees objectivity as a ‘norm’ rather than a goal or state of journalism‚ and uses this view to look at the ideal of objectivity as a method of news gathering‚ an account of representing reality and an attitude towards the reality constructed (reference). As an ideal‚ objectivity helps to maintain the legitimacy and credibility of news media‚ as they mediate reality for the public (reference Rupar). Many journalists‚ journalism scholars
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hunting communists‚ targeted homosexuals. However‚ the masculine identity that he had been promoting for a long time began to crumble as he became the target of journalists who accused him of supporting homosexuality. Some columnists even went as far as to allege that McCarthy was a homosexual himself. It is possible that some of these journalists were in direction of liberal and republican politicians who feared McCarthy’s influence and the excess of anti-communism; many simply believed that McCarthy
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A Passage To Africa. (Narrative Article‚ Literary Analysis) A Passage To Africa is a moving‚ touching account of what George Alagiah felt and experienced in a small town in Africa‚ and the beauty and intensity of emotion lies‚ not only in the message behind it‚ but also in every word of every sentence in this article. The title itself is significant. The noun ‘Passage’ is ambiguous; of course the obvious meaning would be that the following is an extract‚ a piece of writing. But it could also be
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Analysis of Philippine Newspaper Coverage on Conflict Reporting: Basis for Journalistic Intervention Genelin Ruth Pamplona-James CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Background of the Study In today’s increasingly connected world there are thousands of resources available to obtain news and analysis about conflict and peace related issues. Within the field of conflict resolution there has also been a rapid growth in the field of peace journalism or peace media. The basic concept is
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