COM3702 PORTFOLIO EXAM Media Studies: Policy, management and media representation latest updated

Module: COM3702 Semester ONE Portfolio Examination Unique number: Media Studies: Policy, management and media representation Student number: Dumasia S. V Submission date: 5 May 2016 I, Sapna Vinod Dumasia, hereby declare that this portfolio assessment for the module Media Studies: policy, management and media representation (COM3702) is my own and personal work and all the sources I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references. I have read and understood Tutorial Letter CMNALLE/301 regarding technical and presentation requirements, referencing techniques and plagiarism. Miss Sapna Vinod Dumasia Ms Sajita Umrigar Student number: Witness Date: 05/05/2016 Date: 05/05/2016 TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE Declaration 2 1 INTRODUCTION 4 2 MEDIA POLICY AND REGULATIONS 5 2.1 The nature of media and communications policy 5 2.1.1 Phase I: Emerging communications industry policy (- 1940) 5 2.1.2 Phase II: Public service media policy (1945 – 1980/1990) 6 2.1.3 Phase III: New communication policy 7 3 MEDIA MANAGEMENT 8 4 REPRESENTATION 10 4.1 News as representation 10 4.2 Media and Race 11 4.3 Media and sexual orientation: the portrayal of Gays and Lesbians 15 4.4 Media and HIV/AIDS 19 4.5 Media and terrorism 21 5 CONCLUSION 24 SOURCES CONSULTED 26 ADDENDUM A: Self-assessment and self-reflection 29 ADDENDUM B: Newspaper article: “ Thieving trio prowls Lenasia” - Rising Sun Lenasia 30 ADDENDUM C: Online news article: “ ‘It’s just the facts’ – Penny Sparrow breaks her silence” - News24 31 ADDENDUM D: Online news article: “ Terror in France. Paris suffers another horrifying terrorist attack” – The Economist 33 1 INTRODUCTION This portfolio deals with a variety of themes from media studies. The first theme entails a detailed discussion of the three phases of pa ..........................................continued.................................................