Media ethics

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Media ethics

• Oral assessment
• Individual presentation

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Dos

• Maximum time 1.5 min to 2 min
• Spend 5 min on drafting the notes and another 5
  min on practising
• Well organized ideas written on the note cards
• Smart and casual
• Criteria
• accurate pronunciation
• Loud voice projection
• Systematic organization of ideas
• Enough input of ideas for subsequent discussion

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Donts

• Exceed the two minutes limit
• Soft, mumbled voice
• Add in personal examples
• Write lengthy sentences on the note card
• Read from the note card

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Greeting

• Wear a smile
• Be polite and look at the audience (not the
  examiners)
• Mind your body language try to show you are
  enjoying your presentation
• Take a deep breath and start
• Good afternoon everybody

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Introduction

• Study the title, the first paragraph and last
  paragraph
• Take out adjectives in the last paragraph
• Form rhetorical question
• Quote the present scenario
• State the heading of the passage

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Example

• Rhetorical question
• Have you ever felt upset or annoyed by the
  sensational news reports and indecent pictures in
  the mass media?
• Present scenario
• Nowadays it seems that there is an obvious
  deterioration in the quality of news and
  apparently it has a strong negative impact on us
  already.
• State the heading of the passage
• I have just read an article, entitled Moral
  standards in the press which may offer us some
  insight towards the issue.

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Organization
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Linking words (1)

• Problem
• First, lets look into the problem in greater
  details before we could come up with any
  suggestions to solve the case.
• I am sure all of you would have been aware that
• It is obvious that we are now facing a grave
  problem.
• Apparently a lot of people are complaining that
  news reporters are no longer as professional as
  they used to use. It is not uncommon to see
  exaggerated news emphasizing violence and sex.
  Besides, some even include offensive photographs.

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Linking words (2)

• Reasons / effects/ consequences
• There are three reasons behind the problem.
• I have identified three reasons to explain the
  situation.
• Then we can have a look at the reasons.
• There are numerous negative impacts resulting
  from the problem.
• First,
• Then,
• Finally,.

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Linking words (3)

• Suggestions
• I am sure the government should
• It is about time for the government did something
  quick to fix the problem.
• If the government could do this, that would
  happen.
• Unless the government could do something quick,
  there would not be any change observed.
• I would suggest the media adopt stricter
  guidelines for reporters and their companies to
  protect the privacy of all individuals.

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Ending

• Have a glimpse at the clock or watch. If you have
  passed the 1.5 min limit, say the following
• Thats what I would like to share today. Thank you