From the time our ancestors were engraving paintings in the rocks of the mountains to our present moment whereby we send messages through electronic means, so much has changed for the society though much of the message remains the same. Humans need to be constantly communicating with one another in order to survive the harsh environment on the planet, so our early ancestors built efficient communication tools to aide them in their day today activities
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I have seen how some of the media personnel curl themselves behind a camera like a chameleon then throw questions at interviewees , sometimes in a provoking way and when the interviewee accidentally says something wrong, it becomes the focus of the evening news, it is repeated more than ten times within an hour, […]
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A significant change that has taken place in the modern society is the way communities from different geographical regions perceive one another. A lot of hostile perceptions of people regarding a particular area or county are largely based on what the media feeds them. It is on such a foundation their
A serious issue at hand is how to distinguish media reporting from media activism, is it appropriate for well-established media personnel to take part in a protest they are reporting on? By openly endorsing the activity that one party is engaging in as a just course whereas the other is wrong. For instance when
Many at times journalists are too emotionally involved in the stories they are covering Read More »
At around two Millennium B.C Egyptians were working on a quarry to erect an obelisk in honour of their dead pharaoh, so they stood side by side in a very long line that stretches from the quarry to the construction site, standing on the opposite ends are the chief sculptor and the
Companies and individuals are fighting for obscurity and confidentiality while the press on the other hand wants more openness in their deep inner dealings, more transparency, and more accountability, this kind of mentality puts everyone under stress. It’s your responsibility to ensure public interests are put into place, who gave you
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Fear Factor. Some people fear the media more than they fear the police, when they hear a knock at the door, they open it , finds out it’s the police , they welcome them in, but when a door is opened and is discovered it’s the media press standing by, a door
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In this world you will always find a group of idlers laying around all over the place, so miss Lorna was walking down the corridor with a tray full of hibiscus juice, she accidentally hits something which topples her over, smashes the tray with its entire contents onto the groom and
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A family went into a theme park one sunny weekend afternoon to have some fun. As soon as they had settled to have some lunch, a researcher came in, he was doing a nationwide data collection of foods served near parks for some company. The family allowed him to take samples
I was once travelling in a public bus when I experienced something shocking, there was a bit of music playing in the background, after a few minutes there came this guy who was describing foul things on popular radio, the fact that we could not see his face gave him
It is an unfortunate thing to say there are many journalists who have lost their lives in the field of reporting, trying to bring you the viewer the latest headlines, we wish we could honor them by remembering their names as long as we live, on the other hand, there are