Multi Media Journalism

Paper Code: 
DJMC 501 B
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to understand the basics and various types of multi-media. Students will also learn the process and challenges of news reporting for multimedia (print, electronic and digital).

 

20.00
Unit I: 
I

Multimedia and interactivity, Basics of multimedia reporting, importance of audio, photo and video production, developing a portfolio – print and online, legal and ethical issues and diversity in the media

 

 

 

 

20.00
Unit II: 
II

Multi-platform communications, Paraphrases, quotes and attribution in media writing, Leads and Nut Graphs, News Writing for Web, Content Development, Sources and Online Research, Story Organization, Interviewing Techniques.

15.00
Unit III: 
III

Basics of Photography, Rule of thirds, focal point, Composition. Dynamic content and visual medium.  Increasing importance of photojournalism. Visual Design

15.00
Unit IV: 
IV

Storytelling with audio recording- natural sound, bytes, editing & use of sound, Storytelling with video, broadcasting/ webcasting: Collecting content, structuring story, video editing.

20.00
Unit V: 
V

Mobile journalism, Screen sizes & responsive web, Information multimedia and web architecture, Marketing websites, corporate websites, web feature stories, key points for web interactive narrative, interactive users vs linear narratives, elements of an interactive writer.

Essential Readings: 

1-Savage, Terry Michael, and Karla E. Vogel. An Introduction to Digital Multimedia. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2013.

2-Christin, Anne-Marie, ed. A History of Writing: From Hieroglyph to Multimedia.

Flammarion-Pere Castor, 2002.

3-Korolenko, Michael. Writing for Multimedia: A Guide and Source Book for the Digital Writer. Pearson. 2005.

4-Garrand, Timothy. Writing for Multimedia and the Web: A Practical Guide to Content

 

Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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