New Media and Convergence

Paper Code: 
JMC 223
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to -

  • Understand the Role and Characteristics of New Media
  • Understand the concept and tools of digital and social.
  • Understand cyber ethics and its implications

 

Learning Outcome:

  1. Students will be able to learn about the new media ecologies, elements of transmedia, gaming and story-telling techniques.
  2. Students will able to learn the new media practices, podcasting, social tv, video conferencing etc.
  3. Students will learn about the internet governance and regulatory framework.
  4. Students will learn about the cyber activism concept and scope of new media.
  5. Students will equip themselves with the concept of digital democracy.

 

Course  Outcome (COs):

        

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper   Code

Paper Title

JMC

223

New Media and Convergence

 

CO40: Students will be able to learn about the new media ecologies, elements of transmedia, gaming and story telling techniques.

CO41: Students will able to learn the new media practices, podcasting, social tv, video conferencing etc.

CO42: Students will learn about the internet governance and regulatory framework.

CO43: Students will learn about the cyber activism concept and scope of new media.

CO44: Students will equip themselves with the concept of digital democracy.

 

Approach in teaching:

Lecture cum Discussion Tool (Power Point Presentation)

Lecture cum Discussion

Tool (Power Point Presentation) and case study.

Learning activities for the students:

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

 

Class test,

Continuous Assessment Test

Semester end examination

Assignments

 

15.00
Unit I: 

Role and Characteristics of New Media. Computer mediated-Communication (CMC); Networked Society. New Media technologies; Online Communities; Alternative Journalism; Activism and New Media

 

 

15.00
Unit II: 

Understanding New Media Ecologies; Elements of Trans-media,Narratives across multiple media platforms; Gaming and Storytelling:  Digital games, player cultures, online games and their impact; New media art, Video Conferencing and IPTV

 

10.00
Unit III: 

Piracy, Copyright, Copyleft and Open source; Digital archives, Cyber security; Online Databases, Surveillance and Cyber terror. New IT Rules 2021 (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code)

 

10.00
Unit IV: 

Writing of New Media Structure and characteristics of Internet news stories, Overview of Web Writing: Linear and Non-linear writing; Contextualized Journalism; Writing Techniques, Linking, Multimedia. News Applications

 

 

10.00
Unit V: 

Digital Divide, Digital Democracy. Convergence Culture - Social Media and participatory media culture, digital fandom and online communities;New Media Campaigns

 

Essential Readings: 
  1. New Media Development and Globalization (2013). Slater Don. Malden: Polity Press, UK.
  2. Social Media(2015). Graham Meikle, Routedge and Kegan Ltd. UK.
  3. Social Media and Networking: Concepts, Trends and Dimensions (2012). Kanishka Publishers, Delhi.
  4. Communication Media and Information Technology (2005). Goel.  Commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi.
  5. Web Advertising and Online Marketing: Technology and Strategies of E- Marketing (2004). P.P Singh; Sandhir Sharma.  Deep & Deep Publication, New Delhi.
  6. Cyber Media Journalism: Emerging technologies (2003). JagdishChkravarthy. Authorpress, Delhi.

 

References: 
  1. New Media: Theories and Practices of Digitextuality(2003). Anna Everett. Routledge, UK.
  2. Encyclopedia of Cyber laws (2011). Sujeet Kumar. ABD Publishers, Jaipur
  3. Handbook of Online Journalism (2010).Swati Chauhan, Kanishka Publishers, Delhi.
  4. Information Technology in Journalism (2002).Om Gupta, Kanishka Publishers, Delhi.

 

Academic Year: 
2021-2022
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