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Chapter 1
The nature of media and communication policy
Q1 The first phase of the emerging communication policy was mainly concerned with … .
(1) broadcasting legislation
(2) communication technologies
(3) public service media
(4) communication freedom
Q2 The social communication system include … .
(1) culture and entertainment
(2) political welfare
(3) social and cultural values
(4) democracy
Q3 The Media Development Diversity Agency (MDDA) mandate is on............... broadcasting.
(1) public
(2) commercial
(3) community
(4) public service
Q4 The term “policy” … .
(1) refers to planning and strategy
(2) evolves from a scientific theory
(3) is subjective, based on media
(4) refers to a media-based analysis
Q5 The constitutional protection of the South African media does NOT make
provision for … .
(1) freedom of expression
(2) access to information
(3) rights to privacy
(4) regulation of private media
Q6 Identify the stage that does NOT form part of Kuypers’s thinking about policy.
(1) Aims
(2) Means
(3) Strategies
(4) Timeframe
Q7 The ANC Media Charter does NOT include … .
(1) freedom of the media
(2) public media
(3) education and training
(4) nationalised media
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Q8 Communication policy is a collective term that refers to … .
(1) the science of policy making
(2) government and public decisions
(3) deliberation over public activities
(4) systems of public communication
Q9 One of the main objectives of the Media Development and Diversity Agency is to
encourage … .
(1) disadvantaged communities to access the media
(2) the distribution of resources to big corporate media companies
(3) resource development in advantaged groups
(4) research on diversity and the independent media
Q10 Which one is NOT the guiding instrument that government may use to implement
policy?
Q11 Which one of the following is NOT relevant to a definition of policy?
(1) Aims
(2) Timeframe
(3) Means
(4) Medium
Q12 Identify three strata of the social communication system that role-players
need to consider when formulating policy.
(1) Effectivity, efficiency and legitimacy
(2) Judicial, economic and communication control/guidance
(3) Communication infrastructure, distribution of communication messages and
information and communication services
(4) Emerging communication policy, public service media policy, and new
communication policy
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Q13 In the first phase of the emerging communications industry policy, government
policy in the communications sector were concerned with communication
technologies that were then new.
Which of the following was NOT part of the new communication technologies in
the first phase?
(1) Television
(2) Telegraphy
(3) Telephony
(4) Wireless broadcasting
Q14 ………. usually form(s) an important forum for the development of
communication policy.
(1) Role-players
(2) National politics, parliament and the national judiciary
(3) Public communication
(4) Traditional and church leaders
Chapter 2
External media regulation in South Africa
Q1 The Act which does NOT pertain to the print and media industry in general is the … .
Q2 When it comes to the issue of challenges and regulation of the South African media,
you are requested to identify the INCORRECT option, which does not speak to the
challenges and goals of South African media policy.
The incorrect option is … .
(1) independence
(2) state intervention
(3) the market
(4) public interest
Q3 The strategic organisation that is vital to the successful functioning of the Legal Deposit
Act of South Africa is the … .
(1) Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
(2) South African Broadcasting Corporation
(3) Human Sciences Research Council
(4) Library of Parliament
Q4 The purpose of the Film and Publication Act of South Africa is to, inter alia, … .
(1) develop policies on programme and editorial control
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