Film and Media

How has tabloid journalism changed the way “news” is perceived in Africa and indeed the world? I received a first for this essay and incorporated lots of readings.

In Pornography: Men Possessing Women, Andrea Dworkin argues that “the major theme of pornography as a genre is male power”. How might she analyse this 1983 Hustler mag? I received a first for this. They should use the same magazine cover again.

Discuss to what extent you think Breathless succeeded in remaking "everything the cinema had done." Compare Breathless to at least one other film movement in this course, with a particular focus on narrative. Received an upper first.

Discuss Ebert’s comment on the directorial style of Casablanca- the ways in which the film exemplifies the aesthetic principles of classical Hollywood. Illustrate your discussion with a detailed analysis of two scenes. Received a first.

A Definition of Journalistic Objectivity as a Performance (Boudana) Professional and Organisational Constraints (McNair) Framing, Agenda-setting and Priming - Three Effects Models (Scheufele and Tewksbury), Political Communication (Tewksbury)

SUMMARY OF: Multimedia Journalism Chapter 1 (Bull) News, Advertising, Politics and the Mass Media (Jamieson and Campbell) Newspaper Journalism: a practical introduction (Pape & Featherstone)