BS PROGRAM Mass Media in Pakistan Topics to Be Covered
BS PROGRAM Mass Media in Pakistan Topics to be Covered 1. What is Mass Media? Its comparison with Mass Communication and Journalism. 2. The functions of Mass Media. 3. How Journalism started and evolved world wide and the start of journalism in the sub continent. 4. The growth of Muslim press in the sub continent. 5. Role of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Moulana Hasrat Mohani, Moulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Moulana Abul Kalam Azad, and Zafar Ali Khan in the development of Muslim Journalism in sub continent. 6. The role of press in Pakistan Movement. 7. The history and development of print journalism in Pakistan since independence. 8. Major prospects and problems of print journalism in Pakistan. 9. Government-Press relations 10. Press Laws. 11. Growth & expansion of Radio, and Television in Pakistan. 12. Growth of Cable television and its cultural and ethical dimensions. 13. Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), 14. Online Journalism: Development and Future Prospects 15. The structure, development and future perspective of News agencies in Pakistan. Handout_1/BS/3 MASS MEDIA IN PAKISTAN Topic One_The Mass Media and its Comparison with Mass Communication and Journalism 1. Journalism defined. The term journalism embraces all the forms in which the news reach the public. All the happenings in the world which hold interest for the public, and all the thought, action and ideas which these happening stimulate become the basic material for the journalist. To the cynic journalism is merely a trade; and to the idealist it shines as a responsibility and a privilege. Journalism is the conveying of information from here to there with accuracy, insight and dispatch, and in such a manner that the truth is served, and rightness of things is made slowly, even if not immediately, more evident.( Eric Hodgins) 2.
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