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B.A. in Multimedia and Mass Communication Media Laws and Ethics Syllabus - Mumbai University

This is the TY BAMMC Journalism syllabus under the CBCS scheme, revision R-2019-20. The University has not published an NEP 2020 syllabus for the third year of this degree, and still examines Semesters V and VI on this one, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.

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Major elective · Semester 5 · TY BAMMC Journalism · 4 credits · 100 marks

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Syllabus for Media Laws and Ethics

Major elective · Semester 5 · TY BAMMC Journalism · 4 credits · 100 marks

Module I: Laws relating to media freedom: provisions, status and case studies 6

  • Article 19 (1) (a) of Indian Constitution
  • 7 Article 19.2
  • 8 Defamation –sections 499,500
  • 9 Contempt of Courts Act 1971
  • 10 Public Order – sections 153 AandB,295A,505

Module II: Provisions in the Act, challenges in its implementation, case studies

  • 1 Sedition ( IPC124A), Obscenity (IPC292,293)
  • 2 Contempt of Parliament
  • 3 Official Secrets Act
  • 4 Whistleblowers Protection Act
  • 5 Press and Registration of Books Act

Module III: Provisions in the Act, challenges in its implementation, case studies 1

  • Right to Information Act
  • 2 Information Technology Act
  • 3 Right to Privacy and its violation by media
  • 4 Indian Evidence Act and its relevance for the media
  • 5 The Copyright Act, the application of copyright, fair us, the
  • incentive theory of copyright, damages and penalties

Module IV: Media Ethics 1

  • Why ethics is important? Social responsibility of media
  • 2 Core principles of journalism: Accuracy, Independence,
  • Fairness, Confidentiality, Humanity, Accountability, Transparency
  • 3 Confidentiality and Public Interest ,Conflict of interest,
  • 4 Ethics and sting operation
  • 5 Emergence of Alternative News Portals (e g: Alt News)

Module V: Self –Regulation and Fake news 1

  • Different forms of Regulation: State Regulation, Self- Regulation, Co-Regulation
  • 2 Press Ombudsman: Readers’ Editor- its significance.
  • Regulatory practices in Developed Democratic Countries
  • 3 Role of journalist to combat digital fuelling of disinformation,
  • misinformation and mal information,
  • 4 Is transparency the new objectivity? Sieving propaganda from
  • new.
  • 5 Sourcing and Verifying News; Ethical journalism the weapon
  • to combat information disorder.

References

  • 1 Introduction to the Constitution of India by Durga Das Basu
  • 2 Law of the Press by Durga Das Basu
  • 3 Press Laws and Ethics of Journalism by P.K. Ravindranath
  • 4 Journalism in India by Rangaswami Parthasarthy.
  • 5 Textbook on the Indian Penal Code Krishna Deo Gaur
  • 6 The law of Intellectual Property Rights edited by Shiv Sahai Singh
  • 7 The Journalist’s Handbook by M V Kamath
  • 8 Media and Ethics by S.K.Aggarwal
  • 9 Introduction to Media Laws and Ethics by Juhi P Pathak
  • 10 Edelman TRUST BAROMETER - Global Results. https://www.edelman.com/global-results/
  • 11 Viner, K. A mission for journalism in a time of crisis; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/ Nov/16/a-mission-for-journalism- in-a-time-of-crisisBall, J. (2017).
  • 12 Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World. London: by James Ball, Biteback Publishing.
  • 1 www.indiankanoon.org
  • 2 www.prasarbharathi.gov.in.
  • 3 www.lawzonline.com
  • 4 www.presscouncil.nic.in
  • 5 www.thehoot.org

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.A. in Multimedia and Mass Communication under NEP 2020. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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This subject is cut from the University circular for its year. Open a document here if you want the whole thing rather than a single subject.

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