Mass Communication & Media

Higher studies are for those who have time and want to excel in the academics of a particular subject.
If acting and modelling students delay the starting of work in the professional world, they will be late.
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Cinematography scope: Media, especially the electronics media has become quite a vast domain of learning as well as jobs today. The considerations of abroad or national are gone because the digital revolution has trespassed the boundaries.
Cinematography has not just remained restricted to films and entertainment anymore. The scope of cinematography is quite big all around. There are projects that are done on a global level and even for a certificate course, the scope remains good. As cinematography is learning the camera its direction and uses, photography -still or motion - hence the career prospects are always there. The course can work winners for those who have been searching for an opportunity to learn the nuances of cinematography work. The certificate course, however, shall be done preferably from an acknowledged and recognised the place.
Film, TV and New Media Production - Overall, there is no difference in the domains mentioned.
As a Mass Communication Expert, I shall not appreciate the submission that each of these categories mentioned is different from each other, they complement each other.

An advanced certificate/course can be taken as a specialisation in advertising management. Please refer to the answers that convey and guide in detail about this:
M.Sc in advertising management means it is a Post-Graduation and that too in one of the most complex areas of mass media and marketing in the present age. This is also stated that advertising as a specialisation remains one of the strong areas of learning.
Parallel courses must be done with care and proper selection.
Along with the Master's degree, some MOOCs - Massive Open Online Courses –
1 A Certificate in a popular language/foreign language that shall be used in your works and place.
2 Content writing and proof reading.
3. Web development and digital marketing.
4. Music and sound mixing basics/audio production.
5. Web-based writing, social media, etc.

There are many similar questions that can help you in understanding the parallel course requirements.
Parallel courses must be done with care and proper selection.
Along with the Master's degree, some MOOCs- Massive Open Online Courses.
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BA in mass communication is the traditional and the basic degree that takes one to all domains depending on the skilled possessed. For this reason, the learner is advised to take some technical courses/short term trainings and certification, etc.
It provides enhanced language skills and presentation skills via online as well as professional workshops.
Parallel courses must be done with care and proper selection.
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BA in mass communication is a traditional course. For this reason, the learner is advised to take some technical courses/short term trainings and certification, etc.
It helps in enhancing language skills and presentation skills via online as well as professional workshops.
There are many similar questions that can help you in understanding the parallel course requirement. While doing MA in media management the career is certainly going towards media management profiles. The managerial profile needs someone with vast understanding of all media profiles and jobs.
I shall not advise equally wide courses as parallel to Post Graduation in advertising. I shall still share that there are MOOCs and some distance learning courses to enhance the advertising management and public relation career.
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We're discussing this question whether public relations corporate communications are better or poor than camera editing or camera work jobs or careers.
There is an important observation regarding this that candidates who are good in communication skills, those who know how to handle situations, conflicts as well and those who know how to manage the interactions between one company and other stakeholders should go for PR field.
Corporate communication is also the same thing as Public Relations whereas camera work is a technical work in which you manage the camera, production of some documentaries or you do the photography, etc. It's a desk job which needs less communication skills and more of technical skills.
Public relations and corporate communication shall prove more growing and well-paid work profile than camera profile.

Hi Debnarayan!
If you have an eye for it, then it is a great choice of career. With the boom in advertising, media and the fashion industry, photography has emerged as a lucrative and thrilling career option to the Indian youth. A photographer must be able to create a good composition of any subject and have a good understanding of the type of shots, camera and lighting techniques and how to execute them. Initially, it's a bit hard to make a living in this field but if you're extremely creative and prepared to put in the hard work along with getting equipped with good business skills, it could become a rewarding profession for you. An assistant working with a senior photographer can earn between Rs 3,000 to Rs 6,500 per month. You can also take up some freelancing jobs and then later work as a full time professional which could fetch you anything from Rs 25,000 to 40,000 a month. Some fields such as fashion photography are even more lucrative if you're an expert in the field.

If you are pursuing MJMC course Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University, then I would like to mention certain points. I don't recommend you to do this type of course from Open University. Because, while doing MJMC course from distance learning, you will lack in some core technical skills that you need to have. You will lack in experiences of real time projects that students of regular students gets. Since, you are wishing to do master course from an Open University, I want to suggest you to go for some reputed University i.e., IGNOU. The demand and reputation of IGNOU is much higher than this Tandon Open University. I hope that you are thinking to do some job in this field, which is a really good for correspondence students. Spend some time to gain some extra beneficial and relevant certificates that gives you some extra advantage while appearing in the interviews.