B.A. in Multimedia and Mass Communication Mobile Journalism and New Media Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

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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Syllabus for Mobile Journalism and New Media

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

Module I: THE STATE OF MOBILE

1 How mobile has influenced modern journalism
2 Mobile centric reporting and editing
3 Mobile as a ‘Newsroom’.
4 Branding of News using social media
5 Mobile News catering to Niche beats
6 Evolution of M-Learning (Mobile Learning ) amongst the Youth with the Mobile Applications

Module II: Mobile Journalism

1 News Workflow and Mobile Journalism
a How to identify the seven basic steps of mobile reporting.
b How to create and share branded mobile journalism content.
c How to use two simple mobile apps to make an audio or video documentary, or a narrated photo- essay.
d How to select accessories that enhance the camera or audio quality of IOS smart phones and tablets.
2 Introduction to Mobile Applications (News generation and Uploading process : techniques of generating audiences)
3 Blog set-up
4 Mobile writing and creation of News Trends (Hash tags, tagging, linking accounts etc

Module III: DESIGNING FOR THE MOBILE EXPERIENCE

A Designing
1 How good design is intuitive, making something immediately usable.
2 About the importance of satisfying expectations of tactile interaction and content: tap, flick, pinch, drag, etc.
3 How mobile design differs from established desktop design. (Options and choices for your content).
4 About best practices for process: How design, development and content best work together.
5 About Mobile Analytics: What is your audience using?
B Social Newsgathering and Listening : creation of story ideas, News Sources and Content
C Social Media Collaboration with M-Learning and Viewer creation (Crowd sourcing)
D Going Viral : being the Scavenger and Mobile Journalist
E M-learning: learning the Art of News Audit

Module IV: MOBILE NEWS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

1 Different mobile development approaches and their benefits as well as weaknesses
2 Responsive vs. mobile apps vs. mobile-optimized Sites
3 How to go about planning and building mobile products (Different frameworks and services to move swiftly, other considerations such as staffing, timelines, etc.)
a The Digital Skeleton : understanding placing, timing and generation of News story
b Fake News
c Social Media Policies and Ethics
d Verification and Authenticity of information

Module V: FUTURE OF MOBILE JOURNALISM and M-LEARNING

1 About the evolution of wearable
2 About the rise of Google Glass
3 About Glass Journalism
4 About augmented reality storytelling and journalism
a Emerging Forms of News management : 360 degree videos, wearable, accessories etc
b Emerging Managing Change in Newsroom culture and Evolving Business Models for M-Learning
c Studying Social Media Analytics
d M-learning the future of Newsrooms

REFERENCES

1 A Text Book of Internet and Web Page Design, Srivastav Rajkumar.
2 Web Masters Hand Book, Galgotia
3 Computer Graphic Software Construction, John R Rankin
4 The Internet Book, Comer Douhlas E .
5 The Information Society: An Introduction, Arm and Mattelart. 2003 by Sage Publications Ltd
6 Designing Interactive Websites, Mohleo James L and Thompson Learning
7 MOJO: The Mobile Journalism Handbook: How to Make Broadcast Videos with an iPhone or iPad by Ivo Burum, Stephen Quinn
8 The Mobile Journalism Handbook Routledge text books.
9 A Field Guide for Mobile Journalism Volume 1: Producing photographic stories with smart phones and tablets
10 Closer to the story? Accessibility and mobile journalism by PanuKarhunen

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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