B.A. in Multimedia and Mass Communication Television Journalism 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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Syllabus for Television Journalism
Module I: History and Development Indian scenario - Doordarshan - Private and Satellite channels Regional channels- Impact and critical study of Television formats : Content and presentation printed in the syllabus as Module II
- Brief History of the development of TV journalism- Globally and in India. Emerging Trends in journalism The International Scenario- John Baird (Inventor of TV) till date- Timeline.
- News; Entertainment, Culture, Sports and Films.
- Growth of Private International, National and Regional TV Networks
- News Channels- Star Majha, IBN Lokmat , Zee 24 Taas, Aamchi Mumbai, Sun News Network, Aaj Tak
- News: Main characteristics of News as against news in other media. Spot news, News Bulletins and News analysis Features on TV : Talk Shows
- Reviews
- Interviews
- Discussions.
- Documentaries.
- Docudramas.
- Commentaries. Other Programs
- Music
- Sports
Module II: Developing skills printed in the syllabus as Module III
- 1 Anchoring
- Reporting or shooting anchor links in public . How and what to give in PTC or piece to camera . How to approach people for sensitive stories.
- 2 Beat reporting Educational, Crime, Science, Court, Environmental, Political
- 3 Reporting
- Reporting national and International events
- 4 Scripting and presentation
- Scripting for Interviews/Documentary/Feature/Drama/Skits o TV.
- Story idea, development and Presentation- Web series Skills of editing, online and offline
- 5 Editing
Module III: Current and Emerging Trends in Television Journalism printed in the syllabus as Module IV
- 1 24/7 news broadcast
- Features, Audience effectiveness, advertisements and Dumbing down of News.
- TV v/s online streaming catering to infotainment genre majorly targeting the youth ( Netflix,
- Fake News on Internet v/s news on broadcast
- 2 Ethics
- (Including Censorship) in presentation of News.
Module IV printed in the syllabus as Module V
- Evolution, Organization, Policies and Programming- News Service, Features, Concept of 24x7 news – Catering to Transnational audiences, Advertising and promotion.
Reference Books
- 1 MacGregor, Brent; Live, Direct and Biased: Making TV news in the Satellite Age.
- 2 Parthasarthy, Ramaswamy; Here is the news; (1994) Sterling.
- 3 Herbert, John; Journalism in the Digital Age; 2000, Focal Press.
- 4 Hillard; Writing for TV, Radio and New Media; 7th Edition; Wadsworth.
- 5 Television Production by Phillip Harris.
- 6 Broadcast Journalism by David Keith Cohler (Prentice Hall).
- 7 De Maeseneer, Paul. Here's The News: A Radio News Manual. Asian Books.
- 8 Awasthi, G. C. Broadcasting in India. Allied Publi
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. Modules are numbered in sequence here; in the syllabus itself, Module I is printed as Module II; Module II is printed as Module III; Module III is printed as Module IV; Module IV is printed as Module V. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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