Journalism and Mass Communication Course Details, Duties and Responsibilities, Subjects

• Journalism and mass communication looks similar. Both are entirely different streams.
• It is like a Films and Documentary. But different in terms of shots, scripts, etc.
• Mass communication deals with communicating to the masses through communication mediums or channels. The communication channels include mediums like web and production, television, print, radio, etc.
• Journalism deals with the art of gathering news. This includes real news from any sector like science, education, entertainment, investigation, politics, etc.
• Mass communication is actually communicating to masses. It choosing a channel to send messages to multiple numbers of peoples. Journalism is one of the examples of mass communication.
• Films, Public relations, Advertising, Television, etc are the other examples of mass communication.
• Journalism is actually compilation and transmission of news through print media, electronic media, etc which includes research and formal way of writing.
• The duties of journalists include collecting, writing, and distributing the news and sharing current information to the public.
• Mass communication is broader than journalism. 
• Mass communication is a process of sending or conveying or transmitting a message to the public or general population or large group of peoples or organizations through a channel like radio, newspapers, internet, magazines, etc.
• Mass communication is a process of sending or conveying or transmitting the message to the public or general population or large group of peoples or organizations through a channel like radio, newspapers, internet, magazines, etc. 
• However, Journalism is a process of collecting, writing, distributing the news, and other information to the public.
• Mass communication is much vast than journalism.
• Mass communication covers fields such as Advertising, Broadcasting, Print media, new media, public relations, etc.

Duties And Responsibilities of a journalist

• A journalist should have responsibilities towards people.
• A journalist should accept suggestions and instructions from the editorial hierarchy of his newspaper.
• Privacy of the peoples is important If they are relevant to the public interest.
• A journalist should have Legal Responsibilities and Ethical Responsibilities.
• A journalist should make important news more interesting.
• A journalist should respect people, their rights to secrecy, and dignity.
• A journalist should not discriminate against anyone due to his religion, race, discrimination, political views, physical conditions, etc.
• Accept comments, opinions belonging to criticism and right of speech, etc.
• A journalist has to respect the transparency of sources.

Common Subjects Of Journalism

• Communication Skills in Other Languages
• Translation and Communication in Other Languages
• Literature in Other Languages
• Culture and Civilisation
• Methodology and Perspectives of Communication and Journalism.
• Fundamentals of Mass Communication
• Basics of Computer Application
• Reporting for Newspapers
• Editing for Newspapers
• Communication Skills in English
• Critical Reasoning, Writing, and Presentation
• Reading Literature in English
• Readings on Indian Constitution, Secularism & Sustainable Environment
• Literature and Contemporary Issues
• History and Philosophy of Science
• Design and Pagination
• Radio Production
• Introduction to Television
• Magazine Journalism
• Business Journalism
• Corporate Communication
• Advertising
• Media Laws and Ethics
• Photo Journalism
• Broadcasting
• Fundamentals of Cinema
• New Media
• Online Journalism
• Introduction to Cinema
• Documentary Film
• History of Mass Media
• Documentary Film Production
• Print Media
• News And Contemporary Issues
• National and International Issues.