What factors are responsible for the warping reality in Current Affairs?

Presentation Elements, Selection and Omission, Mode of Address

1. What is the purpose of Current Affairs?

To inform the public about issues or events

1. The Current Affairs genre can be defined as…

In-depth comprehensive investigative broadcast journalism

What is chequebook journalism?

Paying to acquire the rights to a story or interview

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1
Which controls and constraints influence commercially produced Current Affairs the most
Budget
Time
Audience size
Technology
2
The current affairs genre utilises which common narrative conventions?
Conflict
A, B & C
Characterisation
Narrative Structure
3
What factors are responsible for the warping reality in Current Affairs?
Presentation Elements
Lying
Selection and Omission
Mode of Address
4
1. What is the purpose of Current Affairs?
To inform the public about issues or events
To provide entertainment
To educate on matters deemed important by the network
To persuade the public to adopt a particular point of view
5
1. The Current Affairs genre can be defined as…
A news program that reports current events
Nonfictional motion picture intended to document reality
Documents supposedly unscripted real-life situations
In-depth comprehensive investigative broadcast journalism
6
Which controls and constraints influence non-commercially produced Current Affairs the most
Audience Reach
Technology
Time
Budget
7
How long (generally speaking) does it take to produce a current affairs story?
A month or more
A day or more
A week or more
A, B & C
8
The Current Affairs genre reflects reality?
TRUE
FALSE
9
Journalists have a responsibility to report factually and accurately
False
True
10
Current Affairs borrows filmic language from…
TV News genre
A, B & C
Documentary genre
Classical Hollywood
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What is chequebook journalism?
Journalists accepting money from the public to run a story
Paying to acquire the rights to a story or interview
Paying members of the general public for images and video
Paying journalists large amounts of money to produce a story

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