Practical: Introduction to New Media

Paper Code: 
CJMC 402
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Understand the concept and tools of digital and social media
  2. Understand the concepts of developing websites, blogs using softwares like Dreamweaver, Wordpressetc
  3. Understand the difference in writing skills for print, electronic and digital medium

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

CJMC 402

Practical- Introduction to New Media

CO88: Students would learn about the development of websites- preparing rough layout for website and blog.

CO89: Learners would be able to write and develop the blogs.

CO90: Students would able to differentiate between print, web and electronic media.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials,  Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, software learning, writing and developing blogs.

 

10.00
  • Study the differences between print, web and electronic media in terms of writing, layout and presentation techniques.

 

10.00
  • Selecting the theme of the website; Web Space, Domain Name and Registration

 

10.00
  • Preparing Rough Layout for website and blog

 

15.00
  • Developing a page on Dreamweaver (text formation, pictures, color combinations, style sheet, hyper linking, Interlinking, Navigation)

 

15.00
  • Designing a blog (writing articles, features, News, stories, poems, Photographs and videos for a blog)

 

Essential Readings: 

BOOKS RECOMMENDED

  • Writing for the Internet (2002). Jane Dorner, Unistar Books Pvt. Ltd, Punjab.
  • Digital Broadcasting Journalism (2003). J.K. Sharma, Authorspress, Delhi.
  • Information Technology in Journalism (2002). Om Gupta, Kanishka Publishers, Delhi.
  • Writing for the Media (2010). Usha Raman, Oxford University Press, Jaipur.
  • Cyber Media Journalism: Emerging technologies (2003). Jagdish Chajravarthy, Authorpress. Delhi.
  • Online Journalism: A basic text (2006).Tapas Ray, Foundation Books Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
  • Journalism Online (2007). Mike Ward, Focal Press, Wobern, M. A.

 

 

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