Multi Media Journalism

Paper Code: 
DJMC601B
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives

This course will enable the students to evaluate about the basics of multimedia reporting and the importance of audio, video and photo while developing a portfolio, importance of SEO and SMO.

Course Outcomes (COs): 

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24DJMC601B

Multi Media Journalism

(Theory)

CO228: Evaluate about the basics of multimedia reporting and the importance of audio, video and photo while developing a portfolio, importance of SEO and SMO.

CO229: Demonstrate competence in news writing for the web and content development, employing digital storytelling techniques to create engaging and relevant online content.

CO230: Analyse the importance of mobile journalism in today's digital age, develop skills in visual design, evaluate the growing importance of photojournalism in storytelling. 

CO231: Acquire skills in storytelling through audio recording, editing and manipulating sound to create engaging and immersive audio stories, to tell stories effectively through video, incorporating visual elements, practical experience in broadcasting and webcasting. 

CO232:  Differentiate between interactive and linear narratives, and acquire the essential elements of an interactive writer, explore the concepts of information multimedia and web architecture, the importance of screen sizes and responsive web design, crafting web feature stories and interactive narratives. 

CO233: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

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: 
Interactive Multimedia Reporting and Portfolio Development
  • Multimedia and Interactivity, Basics of Multimedia Reporting, Importance of Audio, Photo and Video Production 
  • Developing a Portfolio – Print and Online
  • Importance of SEO, SMO
12.00
Unit II: 
Media Writing and Reporting Across Platforms
  • 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: 
Visual Dynamics of Media
  • Dynamic Content and Visual Medium 
  • Increasing Importance of Photojournalism 
  • Visual Design
  • Mobile Journalism- Importance and Challenges
12.00
Unit IV: 
Multimedia Storytelling
  • 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: 
Interactive Web Design
  • Screen sizes and Responsive Web 
  • Information Multimedia and Web Architecture
  • Marketing Websites, Corporate Websites
  • Web Feature Stories, key points for Web Interactive Narrative
  • Interactive user’s vs Linear Narratives, Elements of an Interactive Writer
Essential Readings: 

 

  • 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.
References: 

Suggested Readings:

 

  • 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, Mexico.
  • Reporting and Editing in Journalism Sharma (2011). Pathak. Deep & Deep Publications, New Delhi.
  • Communication Media and Information Technology (2002). Goel Common Publishers, New Delhi.

 

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