Syllabus of Journalism in Calcutta University

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Paper I:
First Half: Reporting
Module: One
News: Definition; Elements of News; News Values; Objectivity of News; Reporters/Correspondents; Chief Reporter; News Beat; News Sources; Special Correspondent; Parliamentary Correspondent;

Module: Two
Specialization in Reporting: Political Reporting; Crime and Legal affairs Reporting; Public affairs Reporting; Human Interest Stories; Business Reporting; Science Reporting, Sports Reporting; Film Reporting; Environment and Human Rights; Page-3 Reporting; Interpretative and Investigative Reporting; Online Reporting; Interviewing; Column writing; Writing a report on any given topic.

References:
(1) Professional Journalists: John Hohenberg
(2) Into The Newsroom: Leonard Ray
(3) Professional Journalism: M.V. Kamath
(4) Reporting Manual: Sourin Banerjee
(5) Reporting: M.V. Charnley
(6) Guide Line for News Reporters: Sol Robinson
(7) Reporting Methods: S. Kundra
(8) Outline of Reporting: M.K. Joseph
(9) Handbook of Reporting and Editing: R.K. Ravindran

Second Half: Editing
Module: Three
Principles of Editing; Editor; News Editor; News Coordinator; Sub-Editors; Chief Sub Editor; Headline: different Types; Techniques of Writing Headlines; Lead; Intro; News Compilation; Re-writing.

Module: Four
Editing Agency Copies; Copy Testing; Page Planning; Picture Editing; Proof Reading; Page Make-up; Cartoons; Page Lay-out; Principles of Page lay-out; Graphics and Illustrations; Typography; Magazine Editing; Use of Computer and Softwares in Editing; Writing Editorial; Editing a News Story with Headline.

References:
(1) Basic Journalism: Rangaswamy Parthasarathi
(2) News Reporting and Editing: K.M. Srivastava
(3) News Editing: Bruce Westley
(4) Editing and Design: Harold Evans
(5) Editing in the Electronic Era: M.L. Gibson
(6) Editing Manual: Sourin Banerjee
(7) Journalism Update: Sourin Banerjee
(8) Professional Journalist: John Hohenberg

Paper II:
First Half: History of Indian Journalism:
Module: One
The Origin of Print Media in India; James Augustus Hickey; James Silk Buckingham; Serampore Baptist Missionaries; Raja Rammohan Roy; young Bengal Movement, Adam’s Press Gagging Act; Derozio and Derozians; Charles Metcalfe; Sambad Prabhakar and Iswar Chandra Gupta; Tatwobodhini Patrika; Hindu Patriot and Harish Chandra Mukherjee; Somprakash.

Module: Two
Vernacular Press Act; Amrita Bazar Patrika; Surendranath Banerjee; Sandhya, Jugantar; The Statesman; The Times of India; Journalistic contribution of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Ch. Bose, Rabindranath Tagore; Ananda Bazar Patrika; Swadhinata; Development of News Agencies; History of Radio and Television in India.

References:
(1) History of Indian Journalism: J. Natarajan
(2) History of Indian Press: S. Natarajan
(3) Romance of Indian Journalism: J.N. Basu
(4) Journalism in India: Rangaswamy Parthasarathi
(5) Bengal Renaissance and Other Essays: Susobhan Sarkar
(6) Critique of Colonial India: Sumit Sarkar
(7) The Press: Chalapati Rao
(8) Report of the First Press Commission

Second Half: Practical
First Part (written): 25 Marks
(1) Writing a Report in about 150 words from given points.
(2) Writing a News Feature
(3) Prioritizing the importance of News from a given set of Headlines, asserting reasons.
(4) Writing Headlines from a news story.
(5) Writing caption of a news picture.

Second Part (Computer practical):
(1) Editing a given piece of News Report or Agency Copy using word-processing software (including suitable lead and headline).
(2) Drawing a Dummy for a front page of a daily using a page-making software.
(3) Rewriting and Summarizing a given piece with headlines using word processing software.

Third Part (viva voce):
Viva-Voce on Media related General Knowledge and Current Affairs.

Part II:
Paper III:
First Half: Mass Communication:
Module: One
Communication: Definition and functions; Types of Communication: Intra-Inter-Group Mass Communication; Means of Commuication: Press, Radio, Television, Film, Internet, Cable Network; Media-Society Theories: Mass Society, Mass Culture and Mass Audience; Normative theories, Functionalism, Critical Political Economy, Marxism, Information Society; Frankfurt School of Communication; Mass Media in India.

Module: Two
Communication models: Aristotle’s classical model; Laswell’s model; ShannonWeaver’s Mathematical model; Wilbur Schramm’s model; David Berlo’s model; Newcomb’s model; Westley McLean’s model; George Gerbner’s model; Media Dependency model; McCombs and Shaw’s Agenda Setting model; Chomsky-Herman’s Propaganda model; Development Communication and Diffusion of Innovation; Dominant Paradigm; Uses & Gratification; Globalization and Mass Media.

References:
(1) McQuail’s Mass Communication Theory (4th and 5th Edition): Denis McQuail
(2) Communication for Development in the Third World: Srinivas Melkote and H. Leslie Steeves
(3) India’s Communication Revolution: Arvind Singhal and Everett Rogers
(4) Mass Communication Effects: Joseph Klapper
(5) Many Voices One World: Report of the McBride Commission
(6) Mass Communication: Rowland Lorimer
(7) Understanding Mass Communication: Melvin DeFleur
(8) Development Communication: Uma Narula
(9) Electronic Media and Communication Research Methods: G.K. Parthasarathi

Second Half: Media Management, Laws and Ethics
Module: Three
Definition and different types of Media Management; Ownership patterns of Newspapers in India; Corporatization and Monopolization: Changing nature of Newspaper Management; Cross Media Ownership; FDI in Media; Various Departments of Newspaper; Dual Economy of a Newspaper: Circulation and Advertisement Management of electronic Media; Public Control, Private Control; Autonomous model; Prasar Bharati; Cable TV Regulation Act; Organizational Structure of Doordarshan and All India Radio; Convergence of Media; DTH, TRP, ABC, NRS; Satellite Channels.

Module: Four 25 Marks
Freedom of Information; Right to Information; Freedom of the Press with special reference to India; Press Commissions; Press Council; Press Laws: Defamation, Contempt of Court; Sedition, Official Secrets Act, Copyright Act, Press and Registrations of Books Act, Obscenity Act, Working Journalist Act, Parliamentary Proceedings Act; Codes of Ethics; Yellow Journalism.

References:
(1) Newspaper Management in India: Gulab Kothari
(2) Newspaper Oganization and Management: Herbert Lee Williams
(3) India’s Communication Revolution: Arvind Singhal and Everett Rogers
(4) Media Ownership: Gillian Doyle
(5) Sambadpatra Sangathan O Parichalana: Pabitra Mukherjee
(6) The Indian Media Business: Vanita Kohli
(7) Media Ethics: K.M. Srivastava
(8) Media Monoliths: Mark Tungat
(9) Laws of Press in India: Justice Durgadas Basu
(10)Report of the Second Press Commission in India
(11)Press and Press Laws in India: H.P. Ghosh

Paper IV:
Practical
Written Segment: 40 Marks
Book Review; Film Review; Music Review; Review of Television Programmes; Writing an Editorial; Writing a Post-Editorial; Writing an Anchor Story; Writing Interview with Headline; Lead or Intro writing; Editing agency creed; Proof Reading.

Project: 15+5 Marks
Dissertation Project on Media Related Topics and Viva-Voce (Within four thousand words)

Computer: 30 Marks
(1) Advanced Page-designing of a broadsheet using Page Make-up Software and Picture Editing Software; Photo Editing; Candidates are expected to know various elements of page design that includes slug, info-graphics, blurbs, shoulder, reverse etc.
(2) Designing a Web Page of a Newspaper using Page Make-up Software.

Short answer type Questions on Current Issues 10 Marks

Part III:
Paper V:
First Half: National and International Affairs
Module: One
Indian Constitution: Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties; Power and Position of President, Prime Minister; Supreme Court; Parliament; Chief Minister; Governor; Election Commission; Objectives of India’s Five Year Plans; Current Economic Policy; Speaker; Contemporary National Events and Issues.

Module: Two
Role of United Nations, UNESCO, Imbalances in Information Flow; McBride Commission; NWICO, NANAP; Regional Groupings; ASEAN, SAARC, European Union; International News Agencies; Foreign Policies of India and USA; Unipolar World; Sino-Indian Relations, Indo-Pak Relations; Indo-Sri Lanka Relations; Indo Bangladesh Relations; Contemporary International Issues.

References:
(1) The Making of India’s Foreign Policy: J. Bandyopadhyay
(2) International Relations: Joseph Frankell
(3) International Relations in the Twentieth Century: D.C. Bhattacharya
(4) Communication for Development in the Third World: Srinivas Melkote and H. Leslie Steeves
(5) Many Voices One World: Report of the McBride Commission
(6) Introduction to the Constitution of India: Justice Durgadas Basu
(7) Indian Administration: S. Maheswari
(8) Indian Economics: K. Sundaram

Second Half: Visual Media
Module: Three
Film as a Medium of Mass Communication; History of Indian Motion Pictures; Visual Literacy; Language of Film; Feature Film; Documentary Film; Script; Basic Visual Media Production; Location; Camera Work; Basic Shots and Terminology; Direction; Editing; Dubbing; Digital Film Making; Sound Effects and Music; Film Censorship.

Module: Four
Cross Cultural Cinema; Film and literature; Film and culture; New Wave Cinema; Major Film Makers: D. W. Griffith, Robert Flaherty, John Ford, Orson Welles, Sergei Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Charles Chaplin, Jean Luc Goddard, Franscois Truffaut, Akira Kurosawa, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Tapan Sinha, Shyam Benegal, Aparna Sen, Mira Nair; Recent Trends in Indian Cinema.

References:
(1) Our Films Their Films: Satyajit Ray
(2) How to Read a Film: James Monaco
(3) The Inner Eye: Satyajit Ray
(4) Bengali Cinema: Kiranmoy Raha
(5) Film Cultures: Janet Harbord
(6) A Short History of Movies: Gerald Mast
(7) A History of Film: Virginia Wright Wexman
(8) A Short History of Film: Wheeler Winston Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

Paper VI
First Half: Radio Journalism
Module: One
History of Radio in India; Radio News; News Editor; Producer, Radio Reporter; Radio Interview; Radio News Reels; Radio Feature; Applications of Audio Equipments and Software; Radio Talk; Audience Research.

Module: Two
SFX; Community Radio; Educational Radio; Radio Jockey; Recent Developments in FM Broadcast; National Programmes of All India Radio; BBC and other International Radio Stations; Radio and Newspaper: A Comparative study.

References:
(1) Broadcast Journalism: An Introduction to News Writing: Mark W. Hall
(2) Handbook of Broadcasting: Abbot and Rider
(3) Newswriting for Broadcast: Ed Bliss
(4) Broadcast News Producing: Brad Schultz
(5) Radio and Television: K.M. Srivastava
(6) This is All India Radio: U.L. Barua

Second Half: Television Journalism
Module: Three
History of Television in India; Scope of Television Journalism; TV Newsroom; News Editor; Producer; TV Correspondents; Techniques of writing TV News; TV News Production; Anchoring; Use of Clippings; TV Interview; Basic Principles of Camera Work; Live Coverage through Satellite; Effects of Television on Society.

Module: Four
Outside Coverage; Television Documentaries; News Magazines and Talk Shows; Ethical Problems; Field Research; Interviewing; Pre-Production- Need of Balanced Presentation and Selection of Topics; Cable TV; Satellite Channels and its effects on Society; Television and Video Editing; Use of software; Soap Operas; Other Entertainment Programmes.

References:
(1) Writing and Producing for Television and Film: John Riber
(2) Television Journalism: Ivor Yorke
(3) Television: A Critical Review: Horace Newcomb
(4) The Age of Television: Carl Bode

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