Bacj 240:Television News Question Paper
Bacj 240:Television News
Course:Communication And Journalism
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2013
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 1ST TRIMESTER 2013 (DAY) EXAMINATION
FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM
UNIT CODE : BACJ 240
UNIT TITLE : TV NEWS
TIME : 2 HOURS
Instructions
Answer question and any other two.
Question One
Quite often, news media are accused of bias.
Define media bias and identify and briefly explain four types of media bias.
(10 marks)
"Seeing believes" and the "The camera never lies" are popular clichés in explaining pictures in news. Identify, five ways in which the camera can lie in news reporting.
(10 marks)
Professional Journalists in the course of reporting TV news must safeguard against media bias. Identify and briefly comment on the five things a TV journalist must do or must not do so as not to be seen to be biased.
(10 marks)
Question Two
Discuss television news values as you highlight how television stories are featured as compared to radio news.
(10 marks)
What in your view are the main challenges in television news production?
(10 marks)
Question Three
What is a summary lead in television news and what does it always try to achieve?
(10 marks)
Define soft news lead and hard news leas as you give clear illustrations.
(10 marks)
Question Four
Discuss the television news production process from story assignment to transmission as you point out how the reporter must watch out for professionalism at every stage. (20 marks)
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