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March 2025
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COM3702 Assignment 1 Semester 1 | Due 24
March 2025
Media Studies: Institutions Theories and Issues (COM3702)
Institution
University Of South Africa (Unisa)
Book
Media Studies Volume 2: Policy Management and Media Representation 2e
(Revised Reprint).
COM3702 Assignment 1 Semester 1 | Due 24 March 2025. All questions
answered. 1. INTRODUCTION [5 marks: 125 words] Introduce the assignment
referring to both questions 2 and 3. 2 REPRESENTATION 2.1 News as
representation [30 marks: 600 - 725 words] After the United States withdrew
financing for an anti-HIV initiative, antiretroviral therapy for around 5.5
million South Africans may be interrupted. Concerns about HIV patients
skipping medication, an increase in infection rates, and ultimately a surge in
fatalities have been raised by US President Donald Trump's worldwide
foreign assistance halt, which has affected millions of patients in South
Africa. More than 7.5 million individuals in South Africa are afflicted with the
AIDS virus, more than any other country. Following Trump's suspension of
the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, financing for the
5.5 million South Africans getting antiretroviral therapy is again under
scrutiny. The United Nations AIDS agency estimates that since its launch in
2003, PEPFAR has saved at least 26 million lives worldwide. Adapted from a
variety of on-line newspaper articles. Select your own online or printed news
story from a newspaper that covers the withdrawal of financing for HIV and
PEPFAR by the US. You will need to acknowledge the news article in the text
and in the list of sources consulted. Also, attach the news story as an
addendum. Based on the story selected, answer the following questions:
2.1.1 Define “news values” in your own words. Thereafter, indicate the 5 W’s
and 1 H with examples of the news story selected. (10 marks: 250 words)
2.1.2 Discuss the concept of gatekeeping and indicate what types of
gatekeepers were involved / or could have been involved in the news story
that you selected. (5 marks: 125 words) 2.1.3 Define and differentiate
between “agenda-setting” and “framing”. Give examples from the news
story you selected to demonstrate your understanding of agenda-setting and
framing. (5 marks: 125 words) 2.1.4 In not more than one typed page argue
with examples from the selected news story by giving your own opinion
about the withdrawal of financing for HIV and PEPFAR by the US. (10 marks:
250 words) 3 MEDIA AND RACE [25 marks: 600 - 725 words] With the help of
the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), a SABC employee
named Nobuntu Mkhize may have to come before the Equality Court after
COM3702 Assignment
1 Semester 1 | Due 24
March 2025
[Type the document subtitle]
[Pick the date]
[Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of
the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of
the contents of the document.]
, Exam (elaborations)
COM3702 Assignment 1 Semester 1 | Due 24
March 2025
Media Studies: Institutions Theories and Issues (COM3702)
Institution
University Of South Africa (Unisa)
Book
Media Studies Volume 2: Policy Management and Media Representation 2e
(Revised Reprint).
COM3702 Assignment 1 Semester 1 | Due 24 March 2025. All questions
answered. 1. INTRODUCTION [5 marks: 125 words] Introduce the assignment
referring to both questions 2 and 3. 2 REPRESENTATION 2.1 News as
representation [30 marks: 600 - 725 words] After the United States withdrew
financing for an anti-HIV initiative, antiretroviral therapy for around 5.5
million South Africans may be interrupted. Concerns about HIV patients
skipping medication, an increase in infection rates, and ultimately a surge in
fatalities have been raised by US President Donald Trump's worldwide
foreign assistance halt, which has affected millions of patients in South
Africa. More than 7.5 million individuals in South Africa are afflicted with the
AIDS virus, more than any other country. Following Trump's suspension of
the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, financing for the
5.5 million South Africans getting antiretroviral therapy is again under
scrutiny. The United Nations AIDS agency estimates that since its launch in
2003, PEPFAR has saved at least 26 million lives worldwide. Adapted from a
variety of on-line newspaper articles. Select your own online or printed news
story from a newspaper that covers the withdrawal of financing for HIV and
PEPFAR by the US. You will need to acknowledge the news article in the text
and in the list of sources consulted. Also, attach the news story as an
addendum. Based on the story selected, answer the following questions:
2.1.1 Define “news values” in your own words. Thereafter, indicate the 5 W’s
and 1 H with examples of the news story selected. (10 marks: 250 words)
2.1.2 Discuss the concept of gatekeeping and indicate what types of
gatekeepers were involved / or could have been involved in the news story
that you selected. (5 marks: 125 words) 2.1.3 Define and differentiate
between “agenda-setting” and “framing”. Give examples from the news
story you selected to demonstrate your understanding of agenda-setting and
framing. (5 marks: 125 words) 2.1.4 In not more than one typed page argue
with examples from the selected news story by giving your own opinion
about the withdrawal of financing for HIV and PEPFAR by the US. (10 marks:
250 words) 3 MEDIA AND RACE [25 marks: 600 - 725 words] With the help of
the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), a SABC employee
named Nobuntu Mkhize may have to come before the Equality Court after
