Media ict and policy Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Abstract This paper looks at the effects of surveillance on society today. It looks at the significance of surveillance, online safety, and uses the social networking site, Facebook as a case in point due to its popularity amongst the general population and the numerous privacy related issues that the company has experienced in the last one decade of its existence. Some form of surveillance is vital to the security of users and related parties. But how far are we willing to let such platforms g...

1 INTRODUCTION 2 MEDIA POLICY AND REGULATION 2.1 The nature of media and communication policy 2.1.1 An overview of the National Integrated ICT policy 2.1.2 Policy as a process 2.1.3 The current phase of the national integrated ICT policy 3 MEDIA MANAGEMENT 3.1 Strategic media management 4 REPRESENTATION 4.1 News as representation 4.2 Media and race 4.2.1 The term ‘racism’ and a summary of a racial incident reported in the newspap...

1 INTRODUCTION 2 MEDIA POLICY AND REGULATION 2.1 The nature of media and communication policy 2.1.1 An overview of the National Integrated ICT policy 2.1.2 Policy as a process 2.1.3 The current phase of the national integrated ICT policy 3 REPRESENTATION 3.1 Gatekeeping and the flow of news through channels 3.2 Media and HIV/AIDS 3.2.1 The ‘One Love’ communication campaign 3.2.2 Defining h...