POLITICAL AND
GOVERNMENT
COMMUNICATION
COM3707
SEMESTER 2
ASSESSMENT 4
STUDENT NUMBER:
STUDENT NAME:
UNIQUE NUMBER: 767183
,DECLARATION
DECLARATION OF OWN WORK
I,
(NAME and SURNAME) confirm that:
✓ this MODULE contains my own, original ideas and work
✓ those ideas, or work, that are not my own, have been cited through the prescribed referencing
system which I have familiarised myself with in Tutorial Letter CMNALL/E/301
✓ I have not submitted the ideas or work contained in this MODULE for any other tertiary
education credit
Policy on Research
Ethics
✓ I have read the University’s Policy of Research Ethics
✓ Policy on Research Ethics.pdf
✓ I have read and understood the PLAGIARISM POWERPOINT FOR UNDER-GRADUATE
STUDIES (available under “Additional Sources” on myUnisa)
✓ I have familiarised myself with the library guides ON PLAGIARISM AND ETHICS offered by
Unisa’s library: https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/research-support/plagiarism
✓ I have read and understood Unisa’s Policy for Copyright Infringement and Plagiarism, and
I am aware that plagiarism is punishable in terms of the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 and I have
read the regulations of the University of South Africa in this respect, available online:
https://www.unisa.ac.za/static/corporate_web/Content/Apply%20for%20admission/Documen
ts/Policy_copyright_infringement_plagiarism_16November2005.pdf
STUDENT NUMBER
10/08/2022
SIGNATURE DATE
10/08/2022
WITNESS DATE
1
, TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE
1 INTRODUCTION 3
2 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MASS MEDIA IN MODERN POLITICS
AND THE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT 3
3 DEMOCRACY AND THE MEDIA 6
4 DIFFERENT MEDIA FORMATS OF THE MASS MEDIA 7
5 CONCLUSION 12
SOURCES CONSULTED 13
ADDENDUM A: SELF-ASSESSMENT AND SELF-REFLECTION 16
2
GOVERNMENT
COMMUNICATION
COM3707
SEMESTER 2
ASSESSMENT 4
STUDENT NUMBER:
STUDENT NAME:
UNIQUE NUMBER: 767183
,DECLARATION
DECLARATION OF OWN WORK
I,
(NAME and SURNAME) confirm that:
✓ this MODULE contains my own, original ideas and work
✓ those ideas, or work, that are not my own, have been cited through the prescribed referencing
system which I have familiarised myself with in Tutorial Letter CMNALL/E/301
✓ I have not submitted the ideas or work contained in this MODULE for any other tertiary
education credit
Policy on Research
Ethics
✓ I have read the University’s Policy of Research Ethics
✓ Policy on Research Ethics.pdf
✓ I have read and understood the PLAGIARISM POWERPOINT FOR UNDER-GRADUATE
STUDIES (available under “Additional Sources” on myUnisa)
✓ I have familiarised myself with the library guides ON PLAGIARISM AND ETHICS offered by
Unisa’s library: https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/research-support/plagiarism
✓ I have read and understood Unisa’s Policy for Copyright Infringement and Plagiarism, and
I am aware that plagiarism is punishable in terms of the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 and I have
read the regulations of the University of South Africa in this respect, available online:
https://www.unisa.ac.za/static/corporate_web/Content/Apply%20for%20admission/Documen
ts/Policy_copyright_infringement_plagiarism_16November2005.pdf
STUDENT NUMBER
10/08/2022
SIGNATURE DATE
10/08/2022
WITNESS DATE
1
, TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE
1 INTRODUCTION 3
2 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MASS MEDIA IN MODERN POLITICS
AND THE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT 3
3 DEMOCRACY AND THE MEDIA 6
4 DIFFERENT MEDIA FORMATS OF THE MASS MEDIA 7
5 CONCLUSION 12
SOURCES CONSULTED 13
ADDENDUM A: SELF-ASSESSMENT AND SELF-REFLECTION 16
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