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The assignment focuses on analyzing the impact of the PECA 2025 amendments on digital media in Pakistan, emphasizing the balance between free speech and regulation. Students are tasked with evaluating the effects of these amendments and proposing strategies to mitigate fake content while preserving freedom of expression. The assignment highlights the importance of collaboration among media scholars, journalists, and policymakers to ensure responsible media use.

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The assignment focuses on analyzing the impact of the PECA 2025 amendments on digital media in Pakistan, emphasizing the balance between free speech and regulation. Students are tasked with evaluating the effects of these amendments and proposing strategies to mitigate fake content while preserving freedom of expression. The assignment highlights the importance of collaboration among media scholars, journalists, and policymakers to ensure responsible media use.

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Mass Media in Pakistan MCM304

Department of Mass Communication


Virtual University of Pakistan SEMESTER SPRING 2025

ASSIGNMENT MARKS:15

Lesson 12
Pakistan Towards Press Freedom
Learning Objectives:

1. Analyze the impact of PECA 2025 amendments on digital media in Pakistan.


2. Understand the challenges of balancing free speech and regulation in the digital age.
3. Explore strategies for promoting responsible online content creation and consumption.

Background:

Freedom of expression and a free press are fundamental pillars of a democratic state. Article
19 of Pakistan's 1973 Constitution guarantees freedom of expression as a basic right of
citizens. The popularity of digital media has facilitated press freedom; however, it also poses
challenges like the rapid spread of fake information, defamation, and hate speech. The
government makes certain legislations to deal with such issues from time to time, that may
impact the free speech and press freedom. To address these issues, mass media scholars, the
journalist fraternity, and policymakers must work together to ensure a more responsible and
constructive use of mass media, ultimately serving national interests and free public discourse.

Suggested Reading:

PECA 2025 Key Points

https://arynews.tv/peca-amendment-act-2025-the-key-points/

Read the above article thoroughly and answer the following questions:

Task 1: How do you think PECA 2025 Amendments would shape the digital media landscape
in Pakistan? (7 marks)

Task 2: Suggest any 2 ways, how fake or defamatory content can be avoided without
compromising freedom of expression. Support your answer with an example of any case of
fake information in Pakistan. (8 marks)

Learning Outcomes:

1. Students will be able to critically evaluate the effects of PECA 2025 on Pakistan's digital
media landscape.
2. Students will understand the importance of balancing free speech with regulation in the
digital sphere.
3. Students will develop practical strategies for promoting media literacy and fact-checking in
the digital age.

Note: Copied material will be graded “Zero”.

Schedule
Opening Date and Time 5th May 2025 At 12:01 A.M. (Mid-Night)
Due Date and Time 11th May 2025 At 11:59 P.M. (Mid-Night)

Note: Only in the case of Assignment, 24 Hrs. extra / grace period after the above-mentioned
due date is usually available to overcome difficulties which may be faced by the students on the
last date. This extra time should only be used to deal with the emergencies and above-
mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience.

Instructions:
This is an Inline assignment. You are required to write the assignment on the assignment
interface at VULMS. It is advised to develop a habit of periodically saving your data while
typing an inline assignment on VULMS. It's permissible to make updates to the in-progress
assignment until the deadline. By adopting this practice, students will not have to face a loss of
entire written material in case of any technical error.

Good luck!

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