Syllabus

Course Code: P-202    Course Name: Communication Technology

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 • Printing Process
• Letter press, offset printing and screen printing
• Digital Printing
• Desktop publishing
• e-publishing
• Other printing methods
2 • Concept, Scope and relevance of technology in the process of Mass Communication
• Analog and Digital Technology
• New Communication Technology and its impact on society
• Satellite, DTH, HDTV, CAS, Cable TV
• Development of Digital TV
• Digital High Definition TV
3 • Concepts of broadcasting technology
• Emerging broadcasting trends: TV Cameras, Editing Suits and Audio Equipments
• Electronic News Gathering, Satellite News Gathering
• Different frequencies for uplink and downlink, development in telecommunication
• Role of satellite in broadcasting
• TV and Radio Broadcast,
• Voice and Data Communication
• Impact of Digital Technologies on Societies
• Rise of Knowledge Societies and Digital Device
4 • New Media History
• Fundamentals of Internet: WWW, IP, Web Page Domain, Name Address, Search Engine, Web Browsers etc.
• Social construction of technology
• New media power and limitations
• Issues of online identity
• Concepts of cyber space, Cyber culture and cyber media
• Concepts of convergence
• Feedback system, Narrative and multimedia
• Community Culture Facebook Twitter, Blogs, Orkut, Linkedin
• New media trends, video on demand  
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