Media and Community Participation

Paper Code: 
NSS 601
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
9.00

Introduction to Mass Communication. Different Media-a comparison. Basic differences between print, electronic and online media.

9.00

Language and principles of writing for media. Writing reports, News and Articles

9.00

Concept of Community Radio. Community Radio in Rajasthan. Information Needs of Community. Writing  for Radio- Interview and Discussion.

9.00

Preparing and Conducting Focus Group Discussions. Preparing interactive programmes with community participation.

9.00

Photography and Videography-  Basics of Camera, Subject Selection, Composition Rules, Preparing short stories with still and moving pictures.

References: 
  1. DeVito Joseph A., Communication : Concepts and Process, Prentice-Hall. New Jersey.
  2. McLuhan Marshall., Understanding Media, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London.
  3. Agee, Warren K. Ault Philip H., Introduction to Mass Communication, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi.
  4. Yadava, J.S., Mathur P. K., Adult Philip H., Introduction to Mass Communication: The Basic Concepts, Kanishka Publishers, Distributors, New Delhi.
  5. Murphy, Robert D., Mass Communication and Human Interaction, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 
  6. McLuhan Marshall, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, Penguin, 1969.
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