Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

is the ability to classify, comprehend, interpret, construct, communicate, compute and use written and printed materials connected with different contexts. Literacy requires continuous learning to allow an individual to accomplish goals, to improve knowledge and potentials, and to fully be involved in the wider society (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, n.d.). When these words are put together, the term "ICT Literacy" would then pertain to the skill of making an effective use of digital technology, communication tools, and the networks to satisfy the user's information needs. This term also includes the ability to utilize technology to gather, organize, analyze, and transmit the acquired information to a desired platform. Moreover, ICT literacy also means that the user possesses the fundamental comprehension of the ethical and legal issues that go along with the access and utilization of the information (Haneefa & Abdul Shukkoor, 2010). According to the American Library Association, an information literate person is a person who is…

All my life I have been interested in communication. I originally thought that communication was just a passion, but now I realize it is what I want to do as a career. Public relations is the communication between an organization and the public. I want to act as that link of communication and I truly believe I can do so with the education I am receiving from the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism. My interest in public relations was sparked in high school with the clubs and activities in which…

Please find my resume enclosed for the Beef Empire Days internship position. Currently I am a sophomore at Kansas State University studying mass communications with an emphasis in public relations. I was excited to hear of this internship that would utilize my communications skills and allow me develop abilities that will aide me in my career. Throughout my life I have had a passion for communication. As I transitioned into college I found I could turn my passion into a career. As I continue…

subsidize this deficit with advertisement revenues. Newspapers in Nepal have two separate groups of customers. The first one of those groups is the advertisers and the other is the readers of that newspaper. Due to economic reasons, this compulsory dependency on advertisement revenue causes newspapers to fall into a paradox between advertisers and readers. In this article we will firstly explain advertisement and its place in marketing. Later, the relation between advertisers and readers that…

(Ginsberg) The 9/11 attack scared Americans so bad this violence opened more citizens’ eyes to pay more attention to the news. News of widespread political unrest in Iran after allegations of rigged national elections in 2009 was disseminated to the outside world mostly by Internet-based forms of communication, including Internet video, blogs, and Twitter messages. (Ginsberg) Some younger people use YouTube more now to keep up with the news which is another source of internet media. Some people…

interest and gather more information about them. After visiting all three booths, two being nursing and English with a concentration in Creative Writing that was declared previously at the beginning of the academic semester, and the other was a major in Anthropology. To successfully pursue a career in nursing you must first complete all degree requirements with a BSN (Bachelors of Science). Before graduating however, there must be twenty credit hours towards your degree, forty-one hours for your…

Cultivation Theory Citation Riddle, K. (2010). Remembering past media use: Toward the development of a lifetime television exposure scale. Communication Methods and Measures,4(3), 241-255. Hypotheses/Research Questions In the article, “Remembering past media use: Toward the development of a lifetime television exposure scale”, hypotheses are outwardly stated. There are two hypotheses used in this article i.e. “H1: There will be a positive relationship between lifetime television exposure and…

Written word had a huge impact on the new German Empire in the 19th century. With illiteracy rates decreasing, written word continued to gain a large audience. According to Berghahn (2005) it seem like newspapers, books, journals, and pamphlets demonstrated that there was a “functioning public sphere” within Germany society that was not active previously. The authoritarian society that could censor media at will was no longer effective as before. However, the authorities still were eager to…

“Social Organization of Masculinity (Masculinites. 2nd ed. Polity, 2005, 67-89) in 1982. Hegemonic masculinity refers to the configuration of gender practice that legitimizes men’s dominant position in society and their subordination of women, other masculinities and other gender identities. The idea also emphasizes the superiority of ‘manly’ men over other man – including gay men. This theory is in direct relation with the treatment of Jeon Jin-Ho owing to his preference by Han Chang-Ryul…

It had, as an important element, a letter written by William Lovett and Feargus O’Connor, named “The Charter”, sent to the British Government several times and for the first time in July 1839. The letter had over a million signatures and included the six main aims of the movement, principally: all men had the right to vote, secret ballot to protect the elector, no property qualification for Members of Parliament, etc. These aims weren’t initially accepted by the government leading to radical…