Journalism & Mass Communications RAYAGADA AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE, RAYAGADA DEPARTMENT OF BJMC +3 B.A. BJMC (Honours) SYLLABUS For Three Year Degree Course First and Second Semester: 2019-20 Third and Fourth Semester: 2020-21 Fifth and Sixth Semester: 2021-22 Under CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS) Journalism & Mass Communications Semeste Core AECC SEC DSE GE r C1 – Introduction AECC-1 to Media and Env. Studies Communication I C2 – History of the Media C3 – Reporting & MIL Editing for Print Communicatio C4 - Media n II Ethics and Law C5 – Radio SEC -1 Journalism English C6 –Television Journalism III C7 - Development Communication C8 –Introduction SEC 2– to Advertising Quantitative C9 –Introduction Aptitude and IV to Public Relations Logical C10 - Media Industry Learning and Management C11 –Internet DSE1 - Media, Journalism Gender and V C12- Global media Human Rights and Politics DSE2 –Tribal Communication C13 - Internship DSE 3 - Print C14 – Project Production VI Report DSE 4 – Camera & Editing for TV Journalism & Mass Communications SEMSETER I Core-1 Introduction to Media and Communication (Mid Sem: 20 & Term End: 80) The course is designed for giving the students a framework to access, analyze, evaluate and participate with messages in various forms of communication. Media literacy builds an understanding of the role of media in society as well as essential skills of inquiry and self- expression necessary for citizens of a democracy. This understanding will enable students to realize media’s dynamics in the context of their origin and evolution which would in turn allow newer insights towards exploring innovative angles for practicing the same. Unit – I (L-15) Communication: Definition, Nature, Scope and Purpose, Process of Communication, Functions of Communication. Unit – II (L-15) Kinds of Communication: Intra-personal, Interpersonal, Group, Mass Communication and other types Unit –III (L-15) Mass Media: Meaning & Concept, Introduction to Indian Press, Brief account of the origin and development of newspaper and magazine in India, History of the development of electronic media in India: Radio & TV Unit – IV (L-15) Media, Market and Technology: Changing trends of Mass Communication under the process of globalization, Private and Public Media, Technology in the development of Media, Media and Market: Nature, Relation & Expansion. Books for Reference: 1. Singhal, Arvind& Roger, Everett M. India’s Communication Revolution: From Bullock Carts to CyberMarts. 2. Kumar, Keval J. Mass Communication in India. Jaico Publishing House. 3. Agarwal, Virbala. Handbook of Journalism and Mass Communication. 4. Ghosh, Subir. Mass Communication Today 5. Rayudu, C.S.CommunicationVilanilam, J.V. Mass Communication inIndia Journalism & Mass Communications Core-2 History of the Media (Mid Sem: 20 & Term End: 80) Unit I History of Print Media: Media and Modernity: Print Revolution, Telegraph, Morse Code Yellow Journalism, Evolution of Press in United States, Great Britain and France. History ofthe Press in India: Colonial Period, National Freedom Movement, Gandhi and Ambedkar as Journalists and Communicators Unit II Media in the Post-Independence Era: Emergency and Post Emergency Era, Changing Readership, Print Cultures, Language Press Unit III Sound Media, Emergence of radio Technology, The coming of Gramophone, Early history of Radio in India. History of AIR: Evolution of AIR Programming Penetration of radio in rural India‐Case studies, Patterns of State Control; the Demand for Autonomy, FM: Radio Privatization, Music: Cassettes to the Internet Unit IV Visual Media: The early years of Photography, Lithography and Cinema, From Silent Era to the talkies. Cinema in later decades. The coming of Television and the State’s Development Agenda, Commercialization of Programming (1980s).Invasion from the Skies: The Coming of Transnational Television (1990s), Formation of PrasarBharati. Readings: 1. Briggs, A and Burke, P, Social History of Media: From Gutenberg to the Internet, (PolityPress , 2010)(Chapter 2 and Chapter5) 2. ParthasarthyRangaswami, Journalism in India from the Earliest to the PresentDay, (Sterling Publishers, 1989) 3. Jeffrey, Robin, India’s News Paper Revolution: Capitalism, Politics and theIndianLanguagePress,(New Delhi, Oxford2003) 4. Chatterjee, P.C, Broadcasting in India page (New Delhi, Sage, 1991)‐39‐57 5. Neurath P. “Radio Farm Forum as a Tool of Change in Indian Villages,” Economic Development ofCultural Change, vol 10, No. 3 (pp275‐283) 6. David Page and William Crawley, Satellites Over South Asia, (Sage, 2001) Chapter 2, Chapter 8 andChapter9. 7. Das, Biswajit, “Mediating Modernity: Colonial Discourse and Radio Broadcasting in India,”Communication Processes Vol 1: Media and Mediation, B. Bel, B. Das, J.Brower, VibhodhParthasarthi, G. Poitevin (Ed.) (Sage2005) 8. Eric Barnouw and Krishnaswamy, Indian Film, (New York, Oxford Universitypress, 1980),2nd Edition,Chapters "Beginnings," & "Three GetStarted," 9. John V. Vilanilam, “The Socio Cultural dynamics of Indian Television: From SITEtoInsighttoPrivatisation,” in Television in Contemporary Asia by David French and Michael Richards(Ed)(Sage,2000). 10. Elen McDonald “The modernizing of communication: Vernacular PublishinginNineteenthCenturyMaharashtra” Asian Survey, 8‐7, (1968) pp589‐606 11. G.N.S Raghavan, Early years of PTI, PTI story: Origin and Growth of Indian Press,(Bombay, PressTrust of India, (1987), 92‐11 Journalism & Mass Communications SEMESTER – II Core-3 Reporting and Editing for Print (Mid Sem: 15, Term End: 60 & Practical: 25) UNIT I Covering news.Reporter- role, functions and qualities.General assignment reporting/ working on a beat; news agency reporting.Covering Speeches, Meetings and Press ConferencesCovering of beats- crime, courts, city reporting, local reporting, MCD, hospitals, health,education, sports; UNIT II Interviewing/Types of news leads. Interviewing: doing the research, setting up theinterview, conducting the interview. News Leads/intros, Structure of the News Story–Inverted Pyramid style; Lead: importance,types of lead; body of the story; attribution,verification Articles, features, types of features and human interest stories. UNIT III The Newspaper newsroom, Organizational setup of a newspaper, Editorial department Introduction to editing: Principles of editing, Headlines; importance, functions of headlines,typography and style, language, types of headline, style sheet, importance of pictures,selection of news pictures, Role of sub/copy-editor, News editor and Editor, chief of bureau, correspondents, Editorial page: structure, purpose, edits, middles, letters to the editor, special articles, Opinion pieces, op. Ed page UNIT IV Trends in sectional news, Week-end pullouts,Supplements, Backgrounders, columns/columnists, factors affecting news treatment, paid news, agenda setting, pressures inthe newsroom, trial by media, gatekeepers.Objectivity and politics of news.Neutrality and bias in news WrittenExamination Practical Readings 1. The Art of Editing, Baskette and Scissors, Allyn and BaconPublication 2. Dynamics of Journalism and Art of Editing, S.N. Chaturvedi, Cyber TechPublications 3. News Writing and Reporting for Today’s Media, Bruce Itule and DouglasAnderson, 4. McGraw Hill Publication 5. Modern newspaper practice: A primer on the press, F.W. Hodgson, FocalPress 6. Reporting for the Media, Fred Fedler and John R. Bender, Oxford UniversityPress 7. The Newspaper’s Handbook, Richard Keeble, RoutledgePublication 8. Principles of Editorial Writing, MacDougall and Curtis Daniel, W.C. BrownCo. Publishers Journalism & Mass Communications Core-4 Media Ethics & Law (Mid Sem: 20 & Term End: 80) On completion of the course students should be able to understanding basic laws relating to media. They can get an overview of recent amendments in media laws. The course willhelp them become a responsible mediaperson. Unit -I Constitution and freedom of speech and expression. Contempt of court. Official secrets act 1923. Right to information. Right to privacy. Unit-II Civil and criminal law of defamation. Indian penal Code, Intellectual property rights. Copy Right Act 1957. Prasar Bharti Act 1990.Cable TV network regulation Act 1995.Information technology Act 2000. UNIT-III Press commissions. Media council/ Press Council. Working Journalist Act. Autonomy of public broadcasting Unit -IV Ethics: Meaning & definition. Advertising Council of India. Parliamentary privileges: article 105, 193 and 361A of constitution. Guidelines for parliamentary coverage. AIR code for election coverage. Doordarshan commercial code Suggested Readings: 1. Universal Publishers Criminal Law Manual (relevant Sections of IPC) 2. Universal Publishers Law Dictionary [Constitution of India (Article 19 (1) and19(2) 105, 194)] 3. D DBasu Law of the Press, Wadhwa&Company,Nagpur 4. VidishaBarua Press and Media Law Manual, Universal LawPublishing Co. Pvt.ltd. NewDelhi 5. P.K. Ravindranath Press Laws and Ethics of Journalism, Author Press, New Journalism & Mass Communications SEMESTER – III Core-5 Radio Journalism (Mid Sem: 20 & Term End: 80) On completion of the course students should be able to describe the characteristics of radio as a medium of mass communication and itsLimitations. They can identify different modes of broadcasting and types of radio stations. They candescribe different formats of radio programmes. They will be able to list basic inputs and main elements of radio production. They can also distinguish & describe the qualities of different types of microphones used in radio production.