Media and Journalistic Writing

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Media and Journalistic Writing

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  Program Class: DEGREE / BA		Year: THIRD		Semester: SIXTH
  Subject: ENGLISH
  Course Title: Media and Journalistic Writing
  Course Learning Outcomes: After completing this course, the students will be able to: · Comprehend various principles of mass communication. · Differentiate between various forms of media & journalistic writing and reporting. · Understand the meaning and nature of public speaking. · Identify social media norms and online journalism. · Write in various journalistic formats effectively. · Understand the meaning and nature of public speaking. · Edit reports and create engaging advertisements.
  Credits: 05			Core Compulsory
  Max. Marks: –25+75			Min. Passing Marks: 33
  Unit	Topics
  I	AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA & JOURNALISM Media and Society Principles of Mass Communication & Journalism Tools of Gathering Information Misinformation and Disinformation
  II	INTRODUCTION TO CYBER MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA Social Media Types of Social Media Online Journalism Basics of Cyber Media
  III	CORE SKILLS IN PRINT MEDIA Written English: Précis, Paragraph, Essay News Reporting: Parts of a news report, 5Ws, Headline writing, Types of Leads, and Report writing.
  IV	CORE SKILLS IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA Public Speaking News Production, Reporting and Presentation for Radio News Production/ Reporting for Television News Presentation: Basic principles-objectivity, accuracy, speed, clarity and integrity.
  V	BASICS OF REPORTING News Value, News Gathering, Readers’ interest, qualities and aptitude necessary for  reporter Types of reports.
  VI	BASICS OF FEATURE WRITING Types of features: Obits, Reviews, Columns, Trend stories.
  VII	BASICS OF EDITING Principles of editing, editorial policy, role of the Editor, role of the News Editor, role of Chief Sub-editor, role of Sub-editors.
  VIII	ADVERTISEMENT Types of Advertisements Advertising Ethics How to create advertisements/storyboards