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MJM028: Digital Media
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Overview

Develop skills to critically evaluate information encountered online, differentiate between fact and opinion, and identify misinformation and disinformation

Duration

16 weeks

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Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

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MJM028: Digital Media
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Highlights

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MJM028: Digital Media
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Course details

Skills you will learn
Who should do this course?

Bloggers, vloggers, podcasters, and social media influencers seeking to enhance their skills and knowledge

Undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in media studies, mass communication, journalism, or related fields

What are the course deliverables?

To describe the characteristics of digital media and emerging trends in Information and Communication Technologies

To analyse the ramifications of social media in the Indian con text

To examine the participatory role of the Internet and its utilisation for social empowerment

To explain the role of Internet-based applications in the development sectors

More about this course

The invention of the network of networks, popularly called as the Internet, has created a massive communication platform in human history

It has made a titanic shift in the way communication is used in our routine life. Besides that, cyberspace, which operates on the Internet platform provided a plethora of opportunities and services that have made massive changes in the way in which traditional social institutions function, like e learning, e-health, e-governance and many more

More importantly, society-wide communications have changed from the institution-oriented mass delivery system into individual-based interactive information exchanges

The information in the web page or social media account transcends national boundaries and reaches globally

MJM028: Digital Media
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Curriculum

Block: New Media and Society

Week 1: Internet as a Medium

Week 2: Digital Media & Society

Week 3: Issues of Access and Participation

Week 4: Policy Frameworks and Regulations

Block : Social Media in Indian Scenario

Week 5: Spectrum of Social Media

Week 6: Online News Sharing

Week 7: Social Media Audience

Week 8: Applications of Social Media

Block : India’s Experiences with the Internet

Week 9: Internet and Marginalised Sections

Week10: Participatory Online Media

Week 11: Online Activism

Week 12: Democracy and Digital Media

Block : ICT for Development

Week 13: ICT for Education

Week 14: Health and ICT

Week 15: E-governance

Week 16: Entrepreneurship and Digital Media

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MJM028: Digital Media
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Faculty details

Dr. K S Arul Selvan
Dr. K.S. Arul Selvan is an Associate Professor with the School of Journal ism and New Media Studies, IGNOU, India. He is the Coordinator for the MA in Journalism and Mass Communication degree programme of the school.

MJM028: Digital Media
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Swayam 
Admission Process

    Important Dates

    Jan 1, 2025
    Course Commencement Date

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