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    In Cold Blood’s Effect on Journalism The definition of journalism is the activity of gathering‚ assessing‚ creating‚ and presenting news and information (What is Journalism 1). Journalism is when the writer provides information to their audience (the reader). Journalism is storytelling. It has been around for as long as humans have been communicating. The purpose and principal of journalism is the function news plays in people’s lives. News that keeps us informed and a way of communication about

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    A critique of ‘Media education and communication studies’ as a discipline in India: In 1920‚ the foundations for Journalism as a discipline in India were framed by Annie Besant‚ founder-editor of New India who started mass communication training in Madras. Journalism studies had been introduced in India way before it gained independence. India’s first institution of mass communication was tried at the Aligarh Muslim University in 1938‚ where a concrete plaque for a regular communication school was

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    GENRE: New Journalism & Creative non-fiction Definitions from The Free Dictionary: New JournalismJournalism that is characterized by the reporter’s subjective interpretations and often features fictional dramatized elements to emphasize personal involvement.” “A style of journalism originating in the US in the 1960s‚ which uses techniques borrowed from fiction to portray a situation or event as vividly as possible.” Creative non-fiction For a text to be considered creative nonfiction

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    The British Democracy

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    the Westminster system include the following: • a sovereign or head of state (the monarch) who is the nominal or theoretical holder of executive power‚ and holds numerous reserve powers‚ but whose daily duties mainly consist of performing the role of a ceremonial figurehead. • a head of government (the prime minister)‚ who is officially appointed by the head of state and in practice‚ is the leader of the largest elected party in parliament. • a de facto executive branch usually made

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    It is not a recent suggestion to say that freedom and democracy seem to be in conflict. The many different ways freedom and democracy seem disagree vary from person to person. In my role as a citizen I see these conflicts in everyday life through my family life‚ school‚ and the technology. A family is a form of democracy in itself. As a child or young adult we are governed by our parents. They provide the laws and decide on the appropriate punishment if we break these laws. There is not as much

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    Failure of democracy in Pakistan: Pakistan‚ since its day of inception‚ has faced several challenges to establish a true democratic system‚ which could guarantee its survival‚ stability and development. Unfortunately‚ the plant of democracy has not taken its roots deep enough to make the country‚ “a durable democratic state”. Pakistan was conceived on the Islamic ideology which is truly democratic both in letter and spirit‚ but we remained incapable of sticking to the guiding principles of Islam

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    The Impact of Journalism on the Civil Rights Movement The aim of this research is to uncover more of the stories behind the story of racism during the Civil Rights Movements. The scope of this research encompasses a look at how a band of idealist journalist changed the civil Rights movement (Whitaker 34). Media has the ability to describe history by using journalism as a tool to break down stereotypes‚ help educate‚ present the truth and influence the public. Bridges have been built between

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    contemporary journalism is huge. Without the first amendment‚ the whole concept of contemporary journalism could not exist. This fact is true because through contemporary journalism writers truly show the power of freedom of speech. Most of the writing we come across in various forms of news are based on the opinions of the author. Without the power of the first amendment this freedom would not be possible in any way. Over time the first amendments effect of contemporary journalism has grow because

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    evident that democracy is the best political system which we have. Currently there are 3.1 billion people who live in democracies and 2.66 billion people who do not (Schlesinger‚ 1997: 1). Thus‚ more people currently live under democracy as opposed to any other political system. This is a clear indication of how desirable democracy has become in the world. While democracy is not perfect‚ the positive aspects have led to a call for democracy in various countries in the world. Democracy is undoubtedly

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    What is my “ism”? Parliamentary Democracy What is the theory of this “ism”? (small paragraph in your own words) A parliamentary democracy is a type of government where an alliance of parties or a party who has a high portrayal in the parliament forms the government. That means that even though the people vote for a president‚ the prime minister is the leader of the political party. The cabinet which holds the executive power‚ is led by the prime minister. This is a democratic government‚ which

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