Mass Communication Vs Journalism: Know The Key Difference

Given below are some of the top and most important skills that are required in the respective fields:

Mass Communication Skillset	Journalism Skillset
Creativity	Research skills
Communication Skills	Communication skills
Networking Skills	Writing Skills
Interviewing Skills	Acquaintance skills
Problem-solving skills	Seasoned Digital Skills
Research ability	Interpersonal skills
Observation and Interpretation Skills	Ability to work under pressure
Ability to work under pressure	To meet daily targets efficiently
Ability to express ideas clearly	Social Media Knowledge

Mass Communication Vs Journalism: Career Prospects

In terms of career prospects, there are immense opportunities in both disciplines. The proliferation of digital media has further enhanced these opportunities. Those interested in Journalism can work in industries like news agencies, news channels, news websites, newspapers, magazines, and social media platforms. For those interested in other domains of Mass Communication can work in NGOs, public relations, advertising companies, corporate communication, communication solution groups, UN organizations, film production houses, and media academics. The job profiles in both sectors are given below:

TV Anchor: TV news anchors present news in different languages - foreign, national, and regional languages.

Radio Jockey: An RJ is responsible for the broadcast spectrum like chat, music, and news shows to name a few for FM radio channels.

Public Relations Manager:  The main aim of PR is to promote the brand and maintain healthy relationships with the public, prospective customers, partners, investors, employees, and other stakeholders. 

Photojournalists: A photojournalist works for sectors like print and digital media. He/she clicks pictures of the events and reports to the organization.

Screenplay Writer:  A professional’s day-to-day activities may include coming up with themes and ideas, researching background material, developing believable plots and characters, laying out the screenplay to an agreed format, preparing short summaries of your ideas, selling your ideas or "pitching" to producers, receiving feedback on your work from producers or script editors, and rewriting the script before final submission.

Event hosts/ managers: In this job profile one is responsible for every aspect of the event that they are organizing for their client. The tasks assigned to an event manager range from conceptualizing, planning, organizing, and executing an event in a hassle-free manner.

Producer: A film producer conceives the idea for the film, oversees the writing of an original screenplay, manages the financing for the film, hires the director, decides the cast, identifies suitable locations, hires the crew, keeps the production within the budget, monitors the day-to-day progress of the film, controls the organization and finances of the film and is the final authority on all practical matters.

Journalist: A journalist researches all possible story topics and angles and thereafter interviews people to gather the required information. Once all the required information is received reporters either write scripts for radio and television broadcasts or news stories for print or online publication.

News Editor: Editors direct the policy of the publication, manage the staff, and coordinate all the work. Editors are responsible for the content of their publication. They decide what will appeal to readers, assign topics and oversee the production of the newspaper. 

Some of the other job profiles are Desk Writer, Reporter, editor, Technical Writer, Content Writer etc.

Mass Communication Vs Journalism: Popular Colleges

Some of the popular colleges providing courses in Mass Communication and Journalism in India are mentioned below:

Mass Communication Colleges in India	Journalism Colleges in India
Symbiosis Center for Media and Communication	Asian College of Journalism (ACJ)
Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai	University of Mumbai
Christ University, Bangalore	Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media
Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media (IIJNM), Bangalore	AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia
Birla Institute of Liberal Arts & Management Sciences	Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication
Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi	Anna University
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune	Amity School of Communication

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