Multi Media Journalism (Theory)

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

 

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Understand the basics and various types of multi-media.
  2. Understand the process and challenges of news reporting for multimedia (print, electronic and digital).
  3. Capture photographs for multimedia.
  4. Understand the process and challenges of mobile journalism.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

DJMC 501B

Multi Media Journalism

CO130: 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.

CO131: Students will learn about news writing for web, developing content for web.

CO132: Students will be able to know about the basic of photography, rule of thirds and the increasing importance of photo journalism.

CO133: 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

 

 

20.00

 

Unit 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                                                                                         

  • 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                                                                                      

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

 

 

15.00

 

Unit 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                                                             

  • 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: 

 

  • The Future of Multimedia and Mass Media (2013).MaltiSharma.SarupBookPublishers 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).MaltiSharma,Sarup Book Publishers Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.
  • Multimedia Communication and Journalism Research (2012).Guha. Kanishka Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi.
  • The Future of Multimedia and Mass Media (2013).MaltiSharma.Sarup Books. Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
References: 

 

  • 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.

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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