MCM531 - Community Journalism

Total Marks 5 Starting Date Friday, January 24, 2020 Closing Date Monday, January 27, 2020 Status Open Question Title Scope of Community Journalism Question Description How do you see the scope of community Journalism in Pakistan? Pinpoint the issues (mention any two) that can be solved with the help of community journalism and what course of action you will adopt to address those issues?

Community Journalism -----------------------------------------MCM531 Department of Mass Communication Virtual University of Pakistan SEMESTER FALL 2019 ASSIGNMENT NO.1 MARKS: 15 Graded Assignment DUE DATE: 22ND NOVEMBER, 2019 Assignment Questions You have studied different characteristics and skills of a community journalist in lesson 02. Make a comparison of community journalist with that of a main stream media (TV & Newspaper) Journalist? What traits of a community journalist bring him closer to his readers and viewers? Marks: 10 A community journalist must keep his preconceived views aside while covering issues. What is meant by preconceived views? Explain with the help of an example Marks: 5 Formatting guidelines • Use the font style “Times New Roman” and font size “12”. • Compose your document in MS-Word format. Any file created in any other version will not be accepted and marked zero. • Use black and blue font colors only.

Community Journalism -----------------------------------------MCM531 Department of Mass Communication Virtual University of Pakistan SEMESTER FALL 2019 ASSIGNMENT NO.2 MARKS: 15 Graded Assignment DUE DATE: 13TH JANUARY, 2020 Assignment Questions Blog is “Web log,” a specialized site that allows an individual or group of individuals to share a running log of events and personal insights with online audiences. Blogs with political or current-events themes have grown in popularity and allows for instant mass-audience commentary.  Keeping in view the importance of Blogging, you are required to write a blog to highlight any issue related to your community or area in order to attain the attention of higher authorities. (Marks: 10)  Do you think that Blogs are the reliable source of information and serving the purposes of articles and columns published in print media? Support your opinion with comprehensive arguments. (Marks: 5) Formatting guidelines • Use the font style “Times New Roman” and font size “12”. • Compose your document in MS-Word format. Any file created in any other version will not be accepted and marked zero. • Use black and blue font colors only.