MEDIA CULTURAL AND SOCIETY: MEDIA TEXT: In media studies‚ the word ‘text’ is used to describe any media product such as TV programmes‚ photographs‚ films ‚ either on video or in the cinema ‚ newspaper articles ‚ radio programmes ‚ advertisements‚ video games or web pages. ‘Text’ are therefore the main point of our study in understanding how media languages create meaning. * One of the keys to understanding the meanings in the texts in the use of codes. CODES: * Rules or conventions by
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speech paper Women Are Portrayed Unfairly In Media Kristen L. Garcia Houston Community College Speech-2301 It is no secret that women have always been seen differently and often unfairly in comparison to men. Whether it be politics‚ jobs or at the home front‚ a woman’s role is often downplayed and what ends up taking over her less than appreciated knowledge over any subject is what she often has to offer in appearance. The media is no exception and has been to blame for how it portrays
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Minot Pettinato. Interview three people about the media. It’s time for some good news‚ says Justin Lamontagne‚ 19‚ of Fort Erie. Lamontagne says he gets most of his news from the newspaper. “I’m not one of those people who hate reporters‚ not at all. I think reporters are useful‚ I mean they grant access to the whole world through the news. Without them I would never have known about mad cow disease and then where would I be?” “Speaking of which‚ the only thing that kind
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JOURNALISM There are two opposing views on new media and journalism ethics. On one side‚ professional journalists tend to argue that new media undermine professional ethics. Bloggers flout the rules‚ in turn putting more pressure on journalists to rush stories out and take less care in sourcing stories and policing conflicts of interest. For professional journalists the solution to the problem is to tighten up: update the journalism codes and apply them to new media and as for the bloggers‚ try to include
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individual or group Continuity Editing- Predominant style of editing in narrative cinema and TV Convergence- The merging of mass communication outlets‚ print‚ TV‚ radio‚ the internet along with the portable and interactive technologies through various media platforms Countertype- A positive stereotype and emphasizes the positive features about a person. Connotation- The human response to a text which is culturally specific‚ the meaning behind the sign Demographic- Dividing the audience up into different
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consent‚ force and persuasion.” Discuss this statement giving examples from Zimbabwe’s media terrain. BY BLESSING JONA In this presentation‚ this scholar seeks to solidify that indeed hegemony can be seen as the dissoluble unity between political‚ moral and intellectual leadership. Through an analysis of the concept of hegemony as outlined by Antonio Gramsci‚ the scholar seeks to show how Zimbabwe’s media terrain reflects this concept. All this is in support of the assertion that hegemony
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Article 7 Gendered Media: The Influence of Media on Views of Gender Julia T. Wood Department of Communication‚ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill times more often than ones about women (“Study Reports Sex Bias‚” 1989)‚ media misrepresent actual proportions of men and women in the population. This constant distortion tempts us to believe that there really are more men than women and‚ further‚ that men are the cultural standard. THEMES IN MEDIA Of the many influences on how we view
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QUESTION: UNDERSTANDING THE MEDIA.IN YOUR ESSAY YOU MAY INCOPORATE WHY THE MEDIA MATTER AND WHY CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MEDIA IS NECESSARY INTRODUCTION Since the media has now become the centre of today`s life controlling every aspect of it‚ it is therefore very important to understand and to critically observe how the media operates .It is however questionable to understand how the media balances between meeting its goals and targets as a business and fulfilling its role of acting as the
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Section 1 – Identification of your social media behavior ・Identify your favorite websites (minimum four) – and tell us why you like them? My favorite websites are the following: 1. Skype 2. Lang-8 3. Google Chrome 4. Google Maps 5. YouTube 6. Facebook 7. Mixi 8. Google+ 9. LINE 10. Wikipedia 1. Skype Skype is a website through which people may make voice and video calls‚ send instant messages‚ share media and make low-cost local and international calls. Skype helps me to communicate with many
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1. Introduction: Transmission media 2. Factors Effecting Data Communication: • Bandwidth • Transmission impairments • No. of receivers 3. Factors of choosing transmission medium • Transmission Rate • Distances • Cost and Ease of Installation • Resistance to Environmental Conditions 4 :Categories • Bounded/Guided Media • Unbounded/Unguided Media 5.Bounded/Guided Media • Coaxial Cable • Twisted Pairs
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