LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc DEGREE EXAMINATION – VISUAL COMMUNICATION
FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL-2007
4803 MEDIA EFFECTS AND ETHICS
Maximum Marks: 100
Duration: 3 Hrs
PART-A
Write Short Notes on ALL the questions in 50 words each: (10 X 2 = 20)
- Privacy
- Media Power
- Knowledge Gap
- Advertising Standards Council
- Embedded Journalism
- Censor Board
- Copyright
- Social Control
- Self Regulation
- Media Rhetoric
PART-B
Answer any FIVE of the following in not more than 200 words each: 5 X 8 = 40)
- What is the typology of media effects?
- Explain Noelle Neumann’s concept of ‘Spiral of Silence’ in her theory of Public Opinion.
- What type of regulation you would recommend in the context of the present media boom and children?
- What are the five types of media power according to French & Raven?
- Is the IT Act adequate to handle the growing cyber media?
- The Press Council of India is called ‘toothless tiger’? Discuss.
- Discuss the foundation of media ethics.
PART-C
Answer any TWO of the following in not more than 400 words each: (2 X 20 = 40)
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- Discuss media freedom with reference to Article 19 and the reasonable restrictions.
- Explain the Stimulus – Response model of media effects by McGuire how has Defleur modified it?
- Discuss the adequacy of the Copyright Act to curb video piracy? What are the measures you would recommend?
- Explain the effects of television on viewers, in the light of Uses and Gratification model.