ShikshaTopQuestions-Mass Communication

For M.J. M. C. go to Jaipur National University. The aim of the M.J. M. C. programme is to educate students in the fields of journalism, mass communication, media research, advertising, and public relations. Students with M.J. M. C. degree will be able to handle and report the critical situations in different socio-political platforms for both print and electronic media. Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Graduation in any discipline with min 50%
Selection Procedure: Merit and Personal Interview
Career Prospects:
PRINT MEDIA (NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE)
Journalist/ Photojournalist
Layout Designer/ Graphic Designer
Sub Editors
ADVERTISING AGENCIES/ CORPORATE HOUSES
Public Relation Officer
Advertising Manager
Content Writer.

Listen and think first, It's not a job, its a lifestyle. Filmmaking consumes every single waking moment. Unless one has a passion for what he/she is doing, he/she won't be able to do this. Personal challenge is to juggle with your dream personal life. Manage that properly and we will all think you are a magician. Are you ready to grab the same? This work also takes up a huge amount of physical and mental resources. Health needs to be dealt with in detail. It's not about how hard you work, it's about how smart you work. One needs to learn quickly about doing the work smartly. Knowing what you really want or knowing how someone is going to react to what you need before you spring into action is half.

Journalism is a wide field where you will find number of opportunities and the fields where you can try. This course is not just limited to one choice, you will have a vast categories of options. After completing the course of journalism you may get into the field of any print media organisation, electronics media organisation, or a digital house. One may be appointed as a journalist, photographer, correspondent, copy writer/ script writer, editor of any newspaper, news channel or website, news reader, anchor, copy editor, news writer for any website, cartoonist, etc. You may even work as a freelancer where you have the opportunity to work for several organisations at one time and get paid for your work. In India there are vast options for the youngsters as media is emerging so vastly in our country that the requirements are increasing day by day. There are lots of channels like Aaj Tak, IBN 7, India TV, ABP news etc. , Newspaper like Hindustan Times, Navbharat Times, Amar Ujala, Dainik Jagran, Mint, The Pioneer, etc. And even the magazines. This all depends on your choice and interest.

It is needed in all the fields whether its corporate sector, government sector or any of the media related houses. But the post of job in that particular field depends upon your degree/programme plus your talent. After getting your degree in communication course you have abundance of options like script writing (for any radio show, television show, news show, movie or a serial), anchoring, news reading, news writing. Blog writing, copy writing, copy editing, cartoonist, animator (getting specialisation in it), public relation officer, in any government sector, for any political party, in any Multinational Corporation as a public relation officer, in advertising industry and any field which is related to communication. However, for getting a better post in the above said sectors it will be good to pursue a full year degree in the communication course instead of Diploma.

Institute of Professional Studies, Meerut offers 3 years programme, with distance/correspondence. Students must have cleared 10+2 (any stream) with 50% marks aggregate with English as a subject. Whereas Technia Institute of Advanced Studies too offers 3-year B.J. M. C. programme with same eligibility criteria. No doubt it is affiliated to the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University but it does not provide the facilities to the students. As per my knowledge both the colleges are not good for pursuing the course of journalism and mass communication because the help and facilities that should be provided are not the up to the mark. Moreover, there are no proper labs and instructions, no good environment as well as teaching standards are also not good. Moreover, students are prepared according to the professional course.