Paper-I — PRESS LAW AND ETHICS
Marks: 100 (Theory:60, Internals: 40)
Topic of lectures
- Law
- Introduction to Laws
- Classification of Laws
- Copyright Act and Intellectual property Rights
- Official Secrets Act
- Press Council of India act 1978
- Contempt of courts Act, 1971
- Other Laws aimed at curbing press freedom
- Introduction of The Indian Evidence Act 1872
- Ethics
- Advertiser and Ownership influence and interference etc.
Paper-II — BROADCAST JOURNALISM
Marks: 100 (Theory:60, Internals: 40)
Objectives:
- ¾ To understand the development of broadcast journalism in India
- ¾ Lean skills and techniques required for broadcast journalism
- ¾ To learn how to handle equipment- a camcorder and recorder – for a story
- ¾ Regional language broadcast journalism to be examinaed as a growing and flourishing field
Topic of lectures
- History of the development of radio journalism
- The potential of radio as a broadcast medium
- Radio news formats
- Writing news for radio
- Skills of speaking over the radio
- Principles of sound and production techniques
- History of the development of TV Journalism
- TV journalism – local , regional, national and international
- TV news in the regional languages
- TV journalism formats ; evolution and popularity of new forms on TB
- Scripting news for TV
- Principles of video camera use
- Skills of anchoring or presenting
- Videotape editing
- Examining Broadcast journalism and allegations of ‘dumbing down’ of news
- Understanding the power of the image
Paper-III — BUSINESS AND MAGAZINE JOURNALISM (COMBINATION OF NICHE I AND II)
Marks: 100 (Theory:60, Internals: 40)
Topic of lectures
- Brief history
- The structure of financial management
- The Budget preparation and presentation
- Companies, balance sheets, AGMs window dressing of balance sheets, the loopholes
- Stock exchange, Sensex and its ups and downs
- Ethics for business journalism
- Magazine journalism
- Magazines during post emergency
- Western craze among glossy women’s magazines
- Writing and editing for magazines
- Role of Alternative media to deal with people’s issues.
Paper-IV — INTERNET AND ISSUES IN THE GLOBAL MEDIA
Marks: 100 (Theory:60, Internals: 40)
Objectives:
- ¾ Examine global journalism as a newly emerging reality – it’s implications, strengths and weakness
- ¾ To examine the journalistic scene in S.Asia
- ¾ Learning about the Internet as a news medium
- ¾ Equipping students with basic skills required for internet reporting and editing
Topic of lectures
- Global journalism
- Internet journalism
- Reporting and editing for the net
- Developing your own web site
- Internet design
- News Agencies
- International news flow
- Politics of representation of the ‘third world’ in international press
- International reporting
- Reporting International politics
- Challenges to international journalism
- International law and the role of Western media in defining human rights, and thinking the concept of human rights from a Third World media perspective
- Asian region and the need for greater connectivity
Paper-V — NEWS MEDIA MANAGEMENT
Marks: 100 (Theory:60, Internals: 40)
Objectives:
- ¾ To make students aware of the structure, functioning and responsibilities of managements of media orgainsations
- ¾ To create awareness of laws governing media orgainsations and their complexities in a globalised world in the wake of an information explosion.
Topic of lectures
- Types of ownership and their agendas
- Ideal management structure
- Management role in ensuring editorial freedom.
- Organisational structure
- Financial management
- Specialized training for skilled workers
- Marshalling resources
- Marketing strategies
- Challenges of globalization, liberalization
- Legal aspects
Paper-VI — CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
Max. Marks: 100 (Theory:60, Internals: 40)
Objectives:
- ¾ To sensitize students to the environment around them
- ¾ Developing a perspective towards issues related to the marginalized sections of the society
Topic of lectures
- Ecological system, services and Economics of Environmental Protection
- Concepts of human rights and civil liberties
- Regional issues – Economics, Social, Political
- Sugar Lobby, operation Flood, Terrorism, tribal Movement, etc.
