Page 1 of 5 SCAA Dt. 23.03.2011 BHARATHIAR UNIVERSEITY, COIMBATORE. DIPLOMA IN BROADCAST JOURNALISM (for Community College) (for the candidates admitted form the academic year 2010-11 onwards) SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS SL.NO SUBJECT MARKS 1 Broadcast Media 100 2 Media Laws and Ethics 100 3 Media Production 100 4 Media Production ( Practical ) 100 Paper I Broadcast Media Unit I : History of Communication Types of Communication Types of Communication Mass communication Functions of mass communication. World history of Radio Broadcasting Radio Broadcasting in India A I R Prasar Bharathi FM Campus and Community FM Radio I World history of television broadcasting Television Broadcasting in India DD cable TV era
Page 2 of 5 SCAA Dt. 23.03.2011 Radio as communication medium Characteristics of Radio TV as a communication medium Characteristics of TV Mass Media and culture - Media and society BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Keval J Kumar Mass Communication In India 1994 Mumbai Jaico Publishing House, Mumbai www.jaicobooks.com B.M.Sharma Media & Education 2008 New Delhi Ajay Varma for Common Wealth Publishers Susan Tyler Eastman Douglas A.Ferguson Broadcast / Cable programming- fifth edition 1997 Belmont, California. Watsworth Publishing Company www.thomson.com Paper II Media Ethics and Laws Unit I Constitution of India, an overview Preamble, Fundamental rights, duties History of press legislation in India Freedom of the press Constitutional provision The press and the legislature The press as a business Rights, duties and liabilities of the proprietor, printers, publisher, editor and journalist Reasonable restriction on media Indian media laws, the law of copyright, the working journalist act ( 1955 & 56 )( conditions of services and miscellaneous provisions). The working journalist act ( 1958 ). The contempt of court act ( 1971)- The official secret act ( 1925 ). I The Indian Penal Code - 124 A, 495, 496 and 501. The Criminal procedure code section 108 & 144 Right to Information Code of ethics in India adopted by PCI AIR radio code during elections Broadcasting code code for self regulation in advertising.
Page 3 of 5 SCAA Dt. 23.03.2011 Ethics in Print Media Ethics in Television- Ethics in New Media Press commission Press council of India Analysis of ethical issues and controversies Contemporary and controversies national and international Tehelka, Telgi, etc BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Keval J Kumar Mass Communication In India 1994 Mumbai Jaico Publishing House, Mumbai www.jaicobooks.com Paper III Media Production Unit I Reading the Image Subject Semiotics Study of signs and symbols angle, level height and distance of framing Functions of Framing Principle of television- Video camera Types of Video camera Functions and controls SLR Camera, Construction of an SLR Camera Video Formats, VHS, Beta SP, U Matic, Digi Beta, mini DV, DV, HDV I News Editing Role of an Editor linear and Non-Linear Editing NLE software Equipments and practices Sound recording Types of microphones, speakers. Capturing live audio in the field Use of non-linear sound editing software Dubbing, audio mixing and sound effects
Page 4 of 5 SCAA Dt. 23.03.2011 Types of Production Electronic New Gathering ( ENG ), Electronic Filed Production camera ( EFP )- Single camera set-up, Multi-camera setup-ob Van - Types of TV programs Talk shows, Interviews, Documentaries, Game shows, Soaps. Books for Reference A.S.Kanal Thomas D Burrows Lynne S Gross James C.Foust Donald N.Wood Cliff Truesdell Tomlinson Holman Cinematographer s Handbook Video Production Disciplines and Techniques Eight edition A Complete creative and technical guide to making videos The new manual of photography The Art of Digital photography The New Introductory Photography Cousre Digital Audio Production Sound For Digital Video 1995 India Vikshi Institute of Media Studies 2001 Newyork Mc Graw Hill- Higher Educaqtion www.mhhe.com 1989 London Octopus Illustrate Publishing 2003 Great Britain Dorling Kindersley Ltd- A Penguin Company 2006 Great Britain Dorling Kindersley Ltd- A Penguin Company www.dk.com 1996 Great Britain Mitchell Beazley- Octopus Publishing Group Ltd 2007 Indianapolis, Indiana Willy Publishing Inc 2005 Oxford -UK ELSEVIER-Focal Press.
Page 5 of 5 SCAA Dt. 23.03.2011 PAPER IV PRACTICAL List of Practical Producing a Radio feature for 3 minutes on the given topic Shooting and editing atv promo for 30 sec Shooting and editing a Vox populi ( 2 mins) Shooting and editing a celebrity interview ( outdoor ) 10 mins Shooting and editing a studio interview in single camera set up ( 10 mins) Shooting and editing a studio interview in multi - camera set up ( 20 mins ) Producing a radio jingle on a social cause ( 20 sec ) Producing weather report for TV using Chroma key ( 60 sec ) Shooting and editing a20 min compere show Producing a news program with real new reports, stand ups, sound bites for 25 mins.