Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to understand the concept of information communication technology and the use of mobile phone in recent times. Understand the basics of creating and promoting a web page. Understand the concept of privacy and security on the internet.
Information Communication Technology (ICT): Concept, Relevance and Scope. CT and IT: similarities and differences, Cellular Telephone for the purpose of Communication.
Web Page – Websites, Home pages. Introduction to HTTP, HTML, Browsing and browsers, Bookmarks, Search engine, Research resources, Video conferencing and telephony, e-commerce, m-commerce.
Cyber Journalism – History, Online editions of newspapers – Headlines for web paper, Reporting, Editing, Handling a developing story.
Cyber crime, Security issues of cyber journalism, Use of Dream Weaver in web page designing.
New trends in Journalism; Online Journalism; Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism; Convergence Journalism. Social Media; Types of Social Media; Need and Impact of Social Media.