DU University Mass Communication
 

as I want to do BA (Hons) Journalism & Mass Communication (BJMC) from Delhi university so here I am looking for its syllabus to do compare with other universities ??

Re: DU University Mass Communication
 

As you want here I am giving below Delhi university BA (Hons) Journalism & Mass Communication (BJMC) program syllabus :


SEMESTER I
C1 Introduction to Journalism
Course contents:
Unit 1 - Understanding News
Ingredients of news
News: meaning, definition, nature
The news process: from the event to the reader (how news is carried from event to
reader)
Hard news vs. Soft news, basic components of a news story
Attribution, embargo, verification, balance and fairness, brevity, dateline, credit line,
byline.
Unit 2 - Different forms of print-A historical Perspective
Yellow journalism
Penny press, tabloid press
Language of news- Robert Gunning: Principles of clear writing Rudolf Flesch
formula- skills to write news
Unit 3 - Understanding the structure and construction of news
Organising a news story, 5W‘s and 1H, Inverted pyramid
Criteria for news worthiness, principles of news selection
Use of archives, sources of news, use of internet
Unit 4 – Different mediums-a comparison
Language and principles of writing: Basic differences between the print, electronic
and online journalism
Citizen journalism
Unit 5 - Role of Media in a Democracy
Responsibility to Society
Press and Democracy
Contemporary debates and issues relating to media
Ethics in journalism

Delhi university BA (Hons) Journalism & Mass Communication (BJMC) program syllabus

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