Syllabus

Course Code: XVIII    Course Name: Cyber Journalism

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1  The new breaking news medium
 Changing role of E-journalist:
 Impact on news values
 Global, Local or Glocal
 Presenting the news and views
 Basics of web designing
2  New Social Media
 Dynamics of social media networks, novelty, strength and weakness
 Growing personal sphere and online communities
 New business model: advertisements, marketing online revenue; Future trends
3  Multimedia storytelling on individual and group
 Multimedia journalism
 Blogs
 Media research and Internet.
 Problem of access and other issues
 Use of internet for development, by NGOs and E-governance;
 Politics and Virtual Democracy
4  Social sharing to social activism ;other issues
 Ethics of web journalism: Security and privacy concerns
 Nature of Cybercrimes and Cyber laws
 Need for a national ICT policy.
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