Tutorial Quizzes

10/04/2007 Tutorial Quiz, Research Paper, Blog, YouTube, Facebook and Wikipedia

Globalization can usefully be conceived as a …………:…………..
Identify three terms that are closely related to the notion of globalization? And explain one of them?
What do culture/creative industries mean? (list five)
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) was established on the ethos of perceiving telecommunications as a private business

True False

Please identify the country of origin of the following News Agencies:
1. Agene France Presse
2. Associated Press
3. Reuters
4. United Press International
5. ITAR-TASS
6. Xinhua News Agency
Is ITAR-TASS a Western international news agency?

True False

Identify three American newspapers that are global.
Identify one British and two American magazines that are global
Identify three international broadcasting that existed before 2005?
Why the four main Western news agencies (AP, Reuters, AFP, UPI) control most of the world’s news flow. (State in three sentences).
Why Scandinavia is undercovered in the American media?
“The American state of ignorance of the rest of the world has been extended since the end of the Cold War.” Herbert Schiller. Does this statement apply to the post-September 2001 world?
France is joining what Chirac calls the ‘global battle of images’.Discuss.
France 24’s journalists have signed a mission statement “to cover international news with a French perspective… and to carry the values of France throughout the world. Our mission is to cover worldwide news with French eyes”. Disucss.
New broadcasters, like the English-language Al-Jazeera channel, seem hungrier for influence than for profits. Discuss.
Does English matter in international communication? Why?
Does Arabic matter in international communication? Why?
Does Morocco need an English Version of Al maghrbiya? Why?
What have you learnt from this two chapter for your professional life?
What should be done to improve the quality of leaning in this class?(Three suggestions)

9/13/2007 Tutorial Quiz, Research Paper, Blog, YouTube, Facebook and Wikipedia

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