able to get a report from a journalist who has written in prestigious newspapers. This journalist claims to have taken a tablet and right after that he picked up a book‚ which he didn’t put down until he hit the last page. He goes on by saying “I didn’t stop or stumble once. Perplexed‚ I got up‚ made a sandwich and I was overcome with the urge to write an article…” (Goodman) he was able to finish the article faster and better than usual. There was also another journalist who took a tablet for two days
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Brendon McNeil Social Issue Final Fall 2014 What makes something a social issue? Four individuals walk into a bar‚ a functionalist‚ neo-Marxist‚ an investigative journalist and a person of color and the topic of discussion is what makes something a social issue? A social issue encompasses issues that a small to representative group of people within a society disagree with or find undesirable. A social issue or a social illness‚ a topic or issue must both influence the society where that problem
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and television are designed to be seen and heard sooner and more often than a daily or weekly newspaper therefore scripts for speaking to be broadcasted tend to be written differently than text to be read by the public. | * | Broadcast Journalist | * | c * following up leads from contacts and using the internet and books to collect stories for news and interest features * going to the location to gather more background detail * attending press conferences‚ asking questions and
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what should the media do to help reduce corruption in nigeria By: Amoka Eunice O. 08BE07309 Introduction The destructive impacts of corruption in the lives of nations throughout the world is acknowledged. Corruption is one factor that can impede the accelerated socio-economic transformation of developing countries of the world (Alawode‚ 2008). Corruption can be defined as the misappropriation of public resources to private ends (Ojo‚ 2003). Adeyemi (2013)‚ also defines corruption as efforts
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the many lives of Vietnamese civilians as well as American soldiers. Out of all the wars in American history‚ the Vietnam War was the first war to be broadly televised and covered by the media. It came to be known as the first “Television War”. Journalists began to pour into Vietnam from all over the nation‚ to cover the lives of the American Soldiers as well as Vietnamese civilians. As television brought horrendous images of the war into American living rooms‚ the perception of an American solider
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/More audiences 4. Channels beyond mass media Scope Public relations has many components; journalism has only two. Objectives Journalists are objective observers; public relations personnel are advocates. Audiences Journalists focus on a mass audience; public relations professionals focus on defined publics. Channels Journalists use only one channel; public relations uses a
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION In the book “The News Media: A journalist looks at his profession‚” John Hohenberg (1968) mentions that the world we live in is imperfect. And having an imperfect world‚ its imperfections must be reported and properly emphasized. Otherwise‚ the free press fails in one of its major functions- the presentation of the world as it is. Because of this entailed function‚ journalists in our society may assume a variety of roles such as an eyewitness or narrator
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decided to create a makeshift windmill. He experimented with a small model using a cheap dynamo and‚ using this experience‚ eventually made a functioning windmill that powered some electrical appliances in his family’s house. Local farmers and journalists investigated the spinning device and Kamkwamba’s fame in international news skyrocketed. A blog about his accomplishments was written on Hacktivate and Kamkwamba took part in the first event celebrating his particular type of ingenuity called Maker
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‘What is ethics and why is it important for thinking about media?’ You should use recent examples from the media in your response.’ Living in a society that depends on information and communication to keep moving in the right direction‚ almost every person has access through radio‚ television‚ newspaper‚ and new electronic media to the latest circulated information. Through this information‚ one is able to shape their opinion about a particular fact. Nevertheless‚ media have the power to form
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has been left out and a lot more detail can be added in succeeding paragraphs. If space is tight an editor can cut out from the bottom and still save the most important details at the top. This style of writing is helpful to the journalist in that it helps journalist come up with better press release this may get a lot of attention for the press releases.
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