Abstract In this report I would like to emphasize the contribution of language and the media to the sense of living in this world. I will discuss about the influence of language in the world of media. Media suffuse our sense of living in a world: a social world, an imaginative world, the world of global politics and confrontation. The contribution of media to the individualâs mindset and thought processing is inevitable. The right use of language and media can...
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INTRODUCTION For decadesâ people have been influenced by the entertainment industry. Movies and television has shaped millions of lives across the world. The entertainment industry is worth nearly $2 trillion. This figure demonstrates the influence of the industry. Computer science applies to almost all forms of the entertainment industry. You may not realize that the movies and television shows you watch are substantially reliant on science. In my project I have researched, the scientific aspects of film production, computer science...
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Introduction Violence in media is no stranger to anyone. Everyone has experienced or watched violence before in real life or through a screen. However, Violence by young people is the most visible forms of violence where fights among youths contribute to more injuries and deaths.(World Health Organization, 2002) In 2000, an estimated 199 000 youth murders took place globally which is equal to 565 children and youths aged 10-29 dying on an average each day as a result of interpersonal...
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Using an example of your own choosing, demonstrate how the process of mediatisation has shaped the development of a major event such as a revolution, humanitarian movement or global trend. Argument Section: On February 12th 2012, Florida high schooler, Trayvon Martin was fatally shot dead by George Zimmerman who an unregistered Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator for his gated community in Sanford, Florida. The Black Lives Matter Movement or #BlackLivesMatter was born in 2013 following the acquittal of Martinâs murderer, Zimmerman, who...
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Introduction The media in South Africa works in a domain liberated from oppression, persecution and the harsh enactment which, looked to limit and control it. The constitution of South Africa dug in free media, freedom of articulation, and speech.Puddephatt(2011:11) states that ‘ the media can work as a guard dog, advancing government straightforwardness and open examination of those with power through uncovering corruption. This suggests that the media go about as the fourth estate. The section will characterize the term...
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Introduction In this paper I intend to conduct a semiotic analysis of a series of adverts for menâs anti-wrinkle cream produced by Nivea. Semiotics is concerned with the study of âcommunication as the generation of meaning.â (Fiske, 2011) The adverts, as shown below, are entitled âBecause life makes wrinkles,â and each one depicts the furrowed brow of a middle-aged male. Each of the images portrays a different aspect of conventional life, including a child, a house and a car, which...
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To assess how successfully the American media is fulfilling its democratic function today we must look at what the mediaâs democratic function is from promoting democracy to political socialisation. Secondly, one must a look at whether the United States media has fulfilled its democratic functions in the past and if the same is still true today. Moreover, looking at more current events and the relationship between Trump and the media. Julia Azari and Hunt Allcott provide some insight into how...
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Abstract Mass Communication is field through which people express their believes, attitudes, opinions, emotions, ideas, values and different sorts of behaviour. Different effects and psychological scenarios of media is what it has been aimed while the research. Another such highlighter of this research is that it gives a brief definition on deep impact of media on society. Can Mass Communication impact human behaviour in positive, negative or neutral manner? Or what methods of psychological effects could be consumed in process...
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âThe medium is the messageâ is a phrase by Marshall McLuhan. This phrase is about the way we deliver, direct and obtain information. Expanding from the phrase is the medium more important than the information itself? Is whatâs been communicated less important than the way you communicate it? Is Marshall McLuhan Really saying, the message given is actually how itâs formed? Developing from these points is the information given the content itself or the form it takes? We are going...
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The articles examine concerned of management of creative journalistic work in a media organization. It is draws on the literature and research about creativity management, the author emphasizes that there is scarcity of in-depth research evidence on process of creativity management. The article is based with empirical research with a case study that investigate and explores the experience of set up an international media corporation. Developing new personal competencies and skills are vitals factors given that many journalist felt that...
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A hero is defined as a person who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements or noble qualities (Oxford, 2019) However this definition doesnât characterize a hero by their skin or gender, yet since the beginning of time the heroes in our stories have been depicted as supreme white men. These are the stories of superior white European men being the natural masters of the world, showing strength, bravery and skillfulness in order to overcome the dangers of nature to...
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The negative news focused around teenagers drastically outweighs any positive news about teenagers. The media has constantly criticized teenagers for a period of time only to be showing that the teenagers bring a negative impact to the public, but they have not showed anything positive about them at all. As a result of this, this gives the impression that all teenagers behavior negatively. The media plays a major role in society as it tends to represent and show media the...
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The history of Nigeria mass media needs to be discussed under two headings for comprehensive understanding. The print media – newspapers, magazines, periodicals and paperback as well as broadcast media – radio and television. This report will brief point into the media history, which also x-ray the performances, problems and successes of mass media from 1859 to date which has been in the fore front in the country’s independence and subsequent nation building. It will also be of great importance...
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Introduction: In this essay I will explore a variety of topics relating to the concept of mediatisation and mediated communication. I will critically discuss the concept of mediatisation, itâs impact on society with it being no longer conceived as being separate from cultural and other institutions as well as describing the mediatisation of religion throughout this essay. I will also be dwelling on scholars such as Hjarvard and many other relevant authors and theorists as well as discussing how the...
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The ongoing issue of Islamophobia is outlined by the misrepresentation and stereotyping of Muslims in the media. The media have blamed all Muslims for recent terrorist attacks carried out by extreme groups who say they follow the religion of Islam. This chapter aims to investigate the reasons islamophobia is a global issue in societies. With further research conducted, 95% have an understanding of islamophobia yet 5% who conducted the survey have no understanding of islamophobia. Participants of the primary research...
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The image and portrayal of Muslims through the media and the current president of the United States, Donald Trump, has dramatically affected the Muslim community. Subsequent to the terrorist attack of September 11th, the Muslim community became victimized by the media and portrayed as terrorists. As a result, Muslims are victims of bullying in schools, hate crimes, and prejudice in the everyday world. The negative image that the media paints of Muslims have led to a dramatic increase in the...
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There are numerous of sport that are shown on Terrestrial Tv such as BBC 1 â Match of the day, which is in the Saturday and shows us premier league highlights and currently shows live football, world cups, Olympics and Fa cup games. BBC 2 â Great north run, snooker world championship and the London marathon. ITV â rugby word cup, England games, oxford v Cambridge boat race, and womenâs world cup. Channel 4 â Paralympics racing and f1. Channel...
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ABSTRACT Nostalgia refers to the mixed feelings of happiness and gloominess that occurs while reminiscing the past. In everyday life, we come across many situations or people, where there is longing for the time begone. This intense emotion has played a major role in building a set of audience for the streaming media, wherein this intense emotion of longing for the past has been put to use to influence or manipulate the preferences of the mass. The interlink between the...
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The disappearance of Madeleine McCann alongside other children missing has been wondering in everyoneâs head as to what happened to these missing children? have they been found? , will they be found?. This essay will be answering most of the questions raised about Madeleine McCann missing also the missing mysteries of other missing children whose stories were newsworthy by the media and evidence gathered by Police. This essay will also be reflecting on how the media portrays these stories and...
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Socialization Socialization is a procedure by means of which culture is transmitted to more youthful age, also men become familiar by the guidelines as well practices of social gatherings to which they have a place. So by this procedure, a youngster figures out how to carry on throughout everyday life and take an interest in a gathering in public area. Every general public form an official structure inside which socialization of teenager happens. Agency and Agents of Socialization Agency alludes...
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Throughout the history of the United States of America, Native Americans have been represented in many different ways through various media sources. In films, they are depicted as evil savages who are out for blood with a tomahawk in one hand and a scalping knife in the other. In novels, they are all put together in one monolithic body with one set of practices and beliefs. Media giants are out to do whatever they can to draw in audiences, so...
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Abstract Media has been considered as fourth pillar of democracy, where everyone has right to expression. With its vast reach, mass media is called ‘ the magic multiplier’ which demonstrates its powerful impact. Because mass media is a platform to highlight social, political, cultural, global issues alongside the voices of common people to attract the attention of governing body towards the matters at hand, media also plays role of a awareness agent. It is a tool in the hands of...
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Making Meaning: Words and Images âLanguageâmore specifically human languageârefers to the grammar, structure and other rules and norms that allow humans to make utterances and sounds in a way that others can understandâ. (Nordquist, 2019). The origin of language and its evolutions is highly speculative and has been debated vigorously amongst some of the greatest minds- many of which, have attempted to source its first emergence and develop upon that- i.e. The Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, who defined the...
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Drawing on appropriate scholarship and using the relevant contemporary and historical examples, this essay will explain the arguments around the role played by television in the development of the nation state and national identity, and clearly explain both terms. To understand the role played by television in the development of the nation state we must first explore what the terms nation state and national identity imply. Anderson (2006) links the attributes and origins of nation states historically, traditionally and politically...
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The media affects societyâs perceptions of womenâs sports through either conforming to or challenging conventional gender norms and generating interest. Sport has traditionally been considered a male-dominated area and many people hold the belief that womenâs sports simply arenât as interesting. However, is this a reflection of the skill of female athletes or of the media coverage they receive? Especially in the modern context, the media, as the primary source of information, shapes societal thought. In recent years, womenâs sport...
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On the 11th of September 2001, terrorism in American changed forever. Millions of Americans watched on as two planes flew into the world trade centre and the pentagon. Over 3000 casualties followed the aftermath of this terrorist attack. Within the following months, viewers and readers re-lived this horrifying attacks and the aftermath on TV and in newspapers and magazines. The media is the main social hub in which everything in our world and society is portrayed. The media tends to...
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In July 2018, Channel Seven presented a report on ‘African gangs’ in response to a riot that had recently taken place in the Melbourne CBD. This event triggered a rapid increase in racialised reporting and racial profiling in Australian media, that would have a detrimental effect on the South Sudanese community of Melbourne. Political researchers found that the words âSudaneseâ and âafricanâ were used in relation to the word âgangâ in around 130 news stories in Melbourneâs papers the two...
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INTRODUCTION Islamophobia, the fear of or prejudice against the Islamic religion, is a social phenomenon prominent worldwide and in dire need of the publicâs attention, considering the wide implications it has on the lives of Muslims. With the internet and social media facilitating both the misrepresentation and exaggeration of the Islamic religion as pro-terrorist and a threat to society, the lives of three million Muslims residing in the UK have limited socio-economic mobility, restricting and denying Muslims from access to...
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The word ‘genocide’ was invented by a polish – Jewish origin lawyer ‘Ralphael Lemkin’. Raphael followed the widely-reported massacres and deportations of armenians in his youth and then later on he came up with the word ‘genocide’ as an original term to reflect and highlight the phenomenon.The Armenian genocide is the phenomenon of terribly killing of people after World War I in the Near East and the Russian Caucasus. About 1.5 million people suffered; some were killed and those who...
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âFreedom of expression as guaranteed by international law and The Constitution of Kenya 2010 is difficult to realize because of the claw-back provisions in the relevant statutes.â Anon. Using case law, interrogate the validity of the above statement. Article 2 of the Constitution of Kenya states that the Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic and binds all persons and all State organs at both levels of government[footnoteRef:1], it goes further on at Article 260 to define âpersonsâ as...
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