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COM3702 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2024 | Due 22 August 2024 – All questions answered. 1 INTRODUCTION [5marks:125 words]
In your introduction, you needed to provide a general overview of each topic you
intended to discuss and maintain a logical flow of ideas. 2 MEDIA POLICY AND REGULATION
2.1 The nature of media and communication policy: [20 marks:500 words]
Read the Broadband Policy for South Africa.
You are expected to read this policy along with your study materials in to answer the
questions that follows.
2.1.1 Provide your own overview of what the Broadband Policy is all about in a
paragraph. Cite the policy as a source consulted (4 marks).
2.1.2 Define policy as a process and indicate what problem the Broadband Policy seeks
to address. Your answer should be able to demonstrate how the new media or internet
is presenting new challenges to the policymakers. (6 marks)
2.1.3 What stage of the policy cycle do you think the Broadband Policy is currently at?
You need to conduct your own research in order to determine the stage of the policy. (5
marks) 2.1.4 Identify and discuss the phase of communication policy paradigm that
encompasses the Broadband Policy. (5 marks)
3 REPRESENTATION
3.1 News as representation [15 marks:375 words]
Write an argumentative essay in which you discuss how news ‘flows’ along certain
channels, which contain ‘gates’ where media personnel make decisions on how they
perceive and reconstruct news before news appears in the media (Fourie 2008: 237).
Give at least two examples of where the media make use of gatekeeping. Examples
need to be from 2020 or after. [20]
3.2 Media and terrorism [20 marks: 500 words]
You were required to select a newspaper or online article (media report) dealing with
terrorist activity in any part of the world. Use this as a practical example. The article
must be dated any time from 2017 up to the present. Remember it is compulsory to
attach the article with the assignment.
4 CONCLUSION [5 marks:125 words]
SELF-ASSESSMENT AND SELF-REFLECTION [5 marks]
Attach an addendum in which you answer the following questions:
What have you learnt (what knowledge have you gained) by completing the
assessment task?
What skills, abilities and orientations (attitudes and values) have you acquired?
Which strengths could you apply in your future life and work environments?
What shortcomings do you need to overcome in future?
To what extent have you achieved the learning outcomes formulated for each
study unit?
Specify the learning outcomes you have achieved.
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