Assignment 03
COM3705
Examination Portfolio
Question 1
International Communication media entertainment, light, camera, action
(broadcasting and film)
Unique Number
390106
Due date 26 August 2021
To be used as a comparison of your answers
Written by Lazie10
QUESTION 1
In various seminal and burgeoning scholarly literature, piracy is often discussed in relation to the threat
that it represents to Western cultural industries.
With this statement is mind, and before engaging with this question, read the following article:
“Audio-visual piracy: towards a study of the underground networks of cultural globalisation” by Tristan
Mattelart.
Article available electronically from the Unisa Library and under Additional Resources on myUnisa.
Source:
Mattelart, T. 2009. Audio-visual piracy: towards a study of the underground networks of cultural
globalization. Global Media and Communication 5(3):308–326.
1.1 By referring to Mattelart’s article, critically discuss the difference between piracy
, 1.1.1 as a threat (10)
1.1.2 as an underground channel through which cultural globalisation can operate (10)
1.2 Briefly explain the relationship between the current international flow and distribution of film and
the organisational structure of Hollywood. (10)
(30)
CONTENTS
Page
1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................ 1
2 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................... 2
3 QUESTION 1 ............................................................................................................................................. 2
3.1 QUESTION 1.1.1 Piracy as a treat...................................................................................................... 4
3.2 QUESTION 1.1.2 Piracy underground channel .....................................................................................4