ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN DEEPENING DEMOCRACY SHEILA S. CORONEL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the 17th century‚ the role of the press as Fourth Estate and as a forum for public discussion and debate has been recognized. Today‚ despite the mass media’s propensity for sleaze‚ sensationalism and superficiality‚ the notion of the media as watchdog‚ as guardian of the public interest‚ and as a conduit between governors and the governed remains deeply ingrained. The reality‚ however‚ is that the media in new and
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visual and aural information so ubiquitous in modern society – has been blamed for a myriad of problems. These problems range from social ills such as moral degradation in society‚ to more individual-specific maladies‚ such as introverted-ness and violence amongst teenagers. However‚ proponents of the evils of the media at times overstate the facts‚ blowing minor maladies out of proportion. The extent to which this occurs is still up for debate; the media may yet be fully culpable for that which
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Is it important for people who work in the media to be ethical? (Yadav‚ 2011‚ p.5) Ethics refer to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do‚ usually in terms of rights‚ obligations‚ benefits to society‚ fairness‚ or specific virtues. The term “morality” can be used either 1.descriptively to refer to some codes of conduct put forward by a society or‚ (a) some other group‚ such as a religion‚ or (b) accepted by an individual for her own behaviour or 2.normatively
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social media as interactive platforms via which individuals and communities create and share user-generated content using the internet or mobile phones. (Social Media: Cambridge Dictionary) These includes traditional social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter‚ video sharing websites like YouTube and even mobile social media applications like Apple Apps. In this article‚ we will be critically analysing two different companies namely Ben & Jerry and SMRT in their use of social media and how
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Why islam is negatively portrayed in western media Islam is one of three abrahamic religions‚ alongside christianity‚ and judaism. Christianity and judaism are arguably the most similar religions to islam‚ and have similarly spread into western culture from their middle eastern and eurpean origins. Throughout the ages‚ each have had their drops in reputation‚ sectarian wars‚ and misunderstandings‚ which still carry on strongly today. With today’s media however‚ being more widespread‚ easily accessible
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them on to other men and boys. The exposure that young boys and other men retain from what masculinity should be‚ is not limited to what their family consciously projects on to them‚ but also in various forms of media. Such as‚ on television‚ within the film at the movie theaters‚ social media influencers and accounts‚ and especially from their peers. The portrayal that boys and men are given in regards to how they should behave in order to blend in and be accepted with the norms that are placed within
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4. Does globalisation imply cultural homogenisation? Your answer should consider specific local and global media examples and should include reference to the Appadurai and McChesney article in the course reader. Globalization plays an important role on the world and society today. Furthermore globalization is very arguable that it will induced cultural homogenization. Globalization can be simply defined by the process of cross culture between nation and nation or the process of international integration
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April 30‚ 2011 Media Censorship in the United States Censorship has existed for longer than we could ever imagine. One of the first acts of state sponsored censorship occurred in 399 B.C. when Socrates‚ was executed for the “supposed common good of the people” (Guarding Public Morality‚ 2010‚ p.1). Socrates was a teacher and a philosopher in ancient Greece. His teaching methods were controversial for the time‚ and he was charged with corrupting the youth and drawing them away from the Greek
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Media strategy 1Malaysia concept carries out in Malaysia already three years‚ in this three years BN government through a different way of media to promote a concept of 1 Malaysia. In this year‚ BN government start launched 1Malaysia shop in traditional media like a newspaper‚ ‚ TV and radio commercial and new media like a Facebook and Twitter. Base on our research‚ BN government less advertise 1 Malaysia shop advertisement in the newspapers because they want reduce the publicity expense so that
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TRACK – SOCIAL MEDIA: USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS A KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AMONG FACULTIES AND STUDENTS Mr. ARISTOTLE K 1 M.B.A – Final Year S.K.P. Engineering College‚ Tiruvannamalai. CONTACT NO: 97899946601 E-MAIL ID: arikrishs@gmail.com1‚ ABSTRACT SOCIAL MEDIA: USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS A KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AMONG FACULTIES AND STUDENTS Social Media is the relationships that exist between networks of people (Walter & Riviera‚ 2004). There are many social media sites continue to grow in popularity
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