WEB JOURNALISM

Semester: III
Sub Code: MAJ P 301
Credits: 4
Hours/Wk: 4
Total Hrs: 60
Exam Marks: 50
IA Marks: 50
Exam Duration: 3 Hrs

Unit 1:
New Media
1.1 Use of New Communication Medium (Internet, Mobile)
1.2 Advantages, Limitation and Risk factor involve in it.
1.3 Use of SMS, MMS, VOIP, Video Conferencing, Email in the context of Time, Cost and Quality.
1.4 Required technical & other understanding and preparation for media personal.

Unit 2:
Understand WebPages
2.1 Introduction to FrontPages.
2.2 Tools, Menus and Interface of FrontPage.
2.3 Basic tags of HTML/DHTML.
2.4 Understand Script Languages (VB Script, JavaScript), BLOG, Static Pages And Dynamic Pages.

Unit 3:
Multimedia
3.1 Introduction to Multimedia.
3.2 Elements of Multimedia (Text, Images, Audio, Video, Animation)
3.3 Introduction to Photoshop
3.4 Introduction to Sound Editing and popular applications.
3.5 Introduction to Video Editing and popular applications.

Unit 4: Animation
Animation
4.1 Introduction to Animation and popular graphics applications.
4.2 Introduction to Flash.
4.3 Tools, Menus and Interface of Flash.
4.4 Develop simple Animation using Flash.

Unit 5:
Content Planning
5.1 Planning, Management and Retiring of Content.
5.2 Writing for web: Basic Principles.
5.3 Powers of web Journalism: Information, news and entertainment on web.
5.4 Preparation and Presentation of web content.

Reference Books:
— Microsoft front page 98,Tauber Daniel A. Tauber Daniel A. Kienan Brenda, BPB Publications, Delhi
— Flash 5 magic with action script, Emberton David J. Hamin J. Scott, Techmedia, New Delhi
— Multimedia: an introduction, Casanova John Villamil
— Multimedia: illustrated, Singh Vishnu Priya Singh Meenakshi, Asian publishers, Delhi
— Web design fundamentals Handbook, Daniel Gray, Dreamtech, Delhi
— Flash mx action script programming bible, Reinhardt Robert Lott Joey, Wiley dreametech India P Ltd., Delhi.
— New Media Technology: Pavlik Johnv.