exam questions 2000

SA media exam questions November 2000

Journalism and Media Studies 1

November exam 2000

SECTION A: South African Media
Examiner: Prof Guy Berger

Answer ONE question:

1. Discuss the extent to which the English press really was 'a press as opposition' (Elaine Potter).

2. Discuss the similarities and differences between the 1970s 'opposition' and 1980s 'alternative' presses.

3. Discuss the similarities and differences between the role played by Drum with that of the 'opposition' press.

4. "SA media history is the story of 'race' and the media." Critically discuss this statement.

5. How does an understanding of the Inquiry by the Human Rights Commission into 'Racism in the Media' help to explain the issues facing media transformation today?

6. The current broadcasting dispensation supposed to address problematic aspects of the past set-up. Discuss.

SECTION B: TEXTS

SECTION C: AUDIENCES

Journalism and Media Studies 1

Aegrotat exam February 2001

SECTION A: South African Media
Examiner: Prof Guy Berger

Answer ONE question:

1. With regard to the English-language press, discuss the debate around Elaine Potter's notion of the 'press as opposition' .

2. Discuss the similarities and differences between the early Drum magazine and 1980s 'alternative' presses.

3. 'SA media history can be summed up in one phrase: racially divided journalism'. Critically discuss this statement.

4. Critically compare the inquiries into the media by the Truth Commission and Human Rights Commission, with particular reference to the political role of media.

5. With reference to the politics of broadcasting, discuss the differences and similarities between the contemporary broadcast landscape and the set-up during the apartheid period.

SECTION B: TEXTS

SECTION C: AUDIENCES