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    Democracy

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    Democracy is said to be one of the best forms of government. People choose democracy mainly to remove corruption‚ hunger and poverty. Poverty is regarded as one of the worst affecting social evils. Population‚ Corruption‚ Economy and Illiteracy are the main factors which directly or indirectly lead to poverty. Population is one of the major factors which lead to poverty. The excessive population increases poverty. The increasing population decreases the per-capita income of families. For example

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    Technology and The Media: How the Technological Revolution has Changed Journalism and the way We Look at the News Journalism has been at the source of global information for countless years. It comes in many different formats‚ types‚ and views. In early America‚ journalism took on the face of rules and laws of the British Empire‚ while in later America journalism evolved to talk about such things as the development of industry‚ political scandals‚ scientific explorations‚ and most importantly

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    Democracy: The Best of the Worst Democracy is without a doubt a fairly successful system of governance. Although dozens of systems have been tried over the ages‚ the world has been continuously edging towards increasingly democratic models‚ at least in baby steps when not in great leaps and bounds. And yet Winston Churchill - both the product and professional beneficiary of a modestly democratic system - suggested that he considered it to be paradoxically "the worst form of government except all

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    It has been said that the media sells audiences to advertisers. Is advertising necessary to fund journalism? Discuss with reference to the debate in the media about the future of newspapers‚quality and independent journalism. An editing room is before everything‚ a profit-making business and like every other businesses‚ there has to be investment‚ expenses‚ funding and revenue. Today’s most major revenue for newspapers is achieved through advertising. It does then‚ right from the start‚ appear clear

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    Media And Democracy

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    Media democracy is a set of ideas advocating reforming the mass media‚ strengthening public service broadcasting‚ and developing and participating in alternative media and citizen journalism. The stated purpose for doing so is to create a mass media system that informs and empowers all members of society‚ and enhances democratic values. It is a liberal-democratic approach to media studies that advocates the reformation of the mass media with an emphasis on public service broadcasting and audience

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    How Democratic Is the American Constitution? From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search How Democratic is the American Constitution? (2001‚ ISBN 0-300-09218-0‚ among others) is a book by political scientist Robert A. Dahl that discusses seven "undemocratic" elements of the United States Constitution. The book defines "democratic" as alignment with the principle of one person‚ one vote‚ also known as majority rule. The author praises the Framers of the Constitution as

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    Yellow Journalism: Then and Now Yellow Journalism… the unbelievable headlines‚ gossip you hear from the "paparazzi‚" although you think it is just harmless gossip‚ it is everything but that‚ as a matter of fact it has caused wars amongst America and other countries. The term "yellow journalism" was originally coined to describe the journalistic practices of Joseph Pulitzer. Today‚ it is synonymous with the inflammatory editorials of William Randolph Hearst. In a classic example of "yellow journalism"

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    Deceptive Journalism –is it acceptable? Introduction In this essay I will be disusing whether or not deception is an unavoidable part in journalism. I will carry out this discussion by referring to case studies and the MEAA and AJA guidelines as well as other vital sources need to draw a solid conclusion. To begin our discussion we must first understand what the word deception means. Over time the meaning of the word has gone through various changes in that we now have a more

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    The Press in a Democracy

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    recognition of the media in the later years of the 17th century‚ the role of the press as a forum for public conversation and debate has been leading developments of democratic societies. Today‚ despite the press throwing out propaganda for sleaze‚ sensationalism and superficiality‚ using the media as a watchdog and guardian‚ remains deeply engrained in a democratic society. The reality is that the media in new and restored democracy does not always live up to expectations to the public. They are restrained

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    Journalism Bodies in India

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    Professional Bodies An Overview NOTWITHSTANDING the impressive growth of the big and medium newspapers and in spite of all-round inflation in the country‚ the wages of journalists in India continue to be very low. Two statutory wage boards (one for working journalists and the other for non-journalists) were constituted by the Union government in June 1975 and February 1976. respectively‚ but these were not able to function effectively. The government‚ therefore‚ appointed a one-man tribunal headed

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