COM3702 Portfolio Assignment

COM3702:
MEDIA STUDIES



PORTFOLIO EXAMINATION
SEMESTER 1 - 2022




Adri-Ann Oosthuizen - 56308841

, Adri-Ann Oosthuizen




56308841



13 June 2022


13 June 2022




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, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE


1. INTRODUCTION 3

2. MEDIA POLICY AND REGULAITON 3

2.1.1 Emerging communications industry policy 3

2.1.2 Public service media policy 4

2.1.3 New communications policy 5

3. MEDIA MANAGEMENT 6

4. REPRESENTATION 8

4.1 REPRESENTATION DEFINED 8

4.1.1 Semiotics 8

4.1.2 Roland Barthes concept of myths 9

4.1.3 The notion of anchorage 10

4.2 MEDIA AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY 11

4.3 GENDER AND THE MEDIA 14

4.4 MEDIA AND ENVIRONMENT 16

4.5 MEDIA AND TERRORISM 18

5. CONCLUSION 20

6. SOURCES CONSULTED 21

7. SELF-ASSESSMENT AND SELF – REFLECTION 22




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