Multi Media Journalism

Paper Code: 
DJMC 601B
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Get knowledge of the basics and various types of multi-media reporting.
  2. Learn about the importance of audio, video and photo while developing a portfolio.
  3. Learn about news writing for web, developing content for web.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

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Paper Title

DJMC 601B

Multi Media Journalism

CO139:Students will be able to get knowledge about the basics of multimedia reporting and the importance of audio, video and photo while developing a portfolio.

CO140: Students will learn about news writing for web, developing content for web.

CO141: Students will be able to know about the basic of photography, rule of thirds and the increasing importance of photo journalism.

CO142: Students will learn about the latest technology mobile journalism and the techniques of marketing websites.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

12.00
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

 

 

12.00
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.

 

12.00
Unit III: 
III
  • Dynamic Content and Visual Medium.
  • Increasing Importance of Photojournalism.
  • Visual Design
  • Mobile Journalism- Importance and Challenges

 

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
IV
  • Storytelling with Audio Recording- Natural Sound, Bytes,
  • Editing and Use of Sound,
  • Storytelling with Video,
  • Broadcasting/ Webcasting: Collecting Content, Structuring Story, Video Editing

 

 

12.00
Unit V: 
V
  • Screen sizes and 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: 

Suggested Text Books

  • The Future of Multimedia and Mass Media (2013).Malti Sharma. Sarup Book Publishers Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi.
  • Mass Communication Animation and Multimedia: Tools and Techniques (2015).Ved Prakash Gandhi, Kanishka Publishers,New Delhi.
  • Multimedia and Political Power. (2013).Malti Sharma, Sarup Book Publishers Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.
  • Multimedia Communication and Journalism Research (2012).Guha. Kanishka Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi.

 

Suggested Reference Books

  • The Future of Multimedia and Mass Media (2013).Malti Sharma.Sarup Books. Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
  • Photography for Beginners: Essentials You must Know (2014). R Jairek, Maxico.
  • Reporting and Editing in Journalism Sharma (2011). Pathak. Deep & Deep Publications, New Delhi.
  • Communication Media and Information Technology (2002). Goel Common Publishers, New Delhi.

 

References: 

 

E- Resources

Reference Journals

  • Media Watch
  • The Indian Journal of Mass Communication and Journalism
  • Journal of Media and Communication
  • Amity Journal of Media and Communication Studies
  • International Journal of Communication
  • Critical Studies in Media Communication

 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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