Syllabus for
Master of Arts (Media and Communication Studies)
Academic Year  (2023)

• The Department of Media Studies at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) lays a strong and rigorous theoretical and practical foundation for the PG students to take leadership roles in the media industry and media education and raise the standards.
• Internships, platforms to interact with industry experts, demonstration platforms, interdisciplinary engagements, state-of-the-art media labs, etc. are provided to expand one’s horizons of learning.
• The programme provides courses that are an eclectic mix of practical skill base, theoretical foundation, social orientation, professional excellence, commitment to innovation and holistic development.
• The Department facilitates a conducive atmosphere with the support of enterprising faculty for the motivated students to widen their knowledge, sharpen their skills and further their aspirations.
• The MA in Media and Communication Studies programme offers the following Specialisations:
  • Multimedia Journalism
  • Advertising and Corporate Communication

Programme Outcome/Programme Learning Goals/Programme Learning Outcome:

PO2: Demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge of multimedia technologies.

PO3: Critically engage with different media and communication contexts and venture into social spheres.

PO4: Exercise a research aptitude and employ research skills in media and communication contexts.

PO5: Deploy different media approaches to effectively communicate in different contexts for specific audiences and attain targeted outcomes.

PO6: Practice informed citizenship based on secular and egalitarian values enshrined in the Indian Constitution.

PO7: Ethically reflect and respond according to different professional and socio-political complexities.

PO8: Realise, practice and promote eco consciousness.

Varies from course to course.

Communication and Media Theories course enables the student to appreciate the various media for communication and the theories that have evolved over the last century in the domain in order to explain the various phenomena in the communication and media field. The main objective of the course is to provide a theoretical ground for research in the field of communication and media studies.

1. Communication and its process

2. Components of communication

3. Barriers to communication

4. Communication patterns- one way and two way, one-to-one, one to many, many to many

5. Mass Media- Characteristics, Features and Impact of Print, Cinema, Radio, Television and SocialMedia

6. Types of communication- verbal and oral, written and non-verbal

1. Linear models-Aristotle, Laswell, Shannon-Weaver, Berlo, DeFleur, Gerbner

2. Interactive models- Westley-McLean, Osgood-Schramm, Newcomb

3. Transactional models-Barnlund

1. Social-Psychological approach

2. Propaganda- powerful Effects theory

3.  Limited Effects theory-two-step flow

4. Audience-centred approach-Cultivation theory, Agenda Setting theory, Media Dependency theory, Uses and Gratification theory

1. Marxist approach

2. Gramsci- Hegemony

3. Habermas- Public sphere

4. Barthes- Myths/Semiotics

5. Derrida- Media Temporalities

6. Foucault- Power/Knowledge

7. Hall- Representation

8. Williams- Culture

9. Consumer Society of Baudrillard

10. Chomsky- Media manufactured consent

1. Normative Press theories

2. McLuhan- Medium is the message

3. Network Society of Castells

4. Van Dijk’s Social aspects of new media 

5. Christian Fuchs Critical Social Media Theory

Baran,Stanley S and Dennis K Davis. Mass Communication Theory: Foundations, Ferment and Future. Singapore: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007.

• Barthes, Roland. Mythologies. New York: Hill & Long, 2012.

• Adorno, Theodore W. The Culture Industries. London: Routledge, 2010.

•  McLuhan, Marshall and Quentin Fiore. Medium is the message. New York: Penguin Books, 2001.

• McQuail, Denis: Mass Communication theory (III ed.). New Delhi: Sage Publication,2004

CIA1: Analysis of Daily communication process

CIA2: Analysis of media through communication models

CIA3: Group presentation of Critical media models

ESE: Research Proposal

Course Description

• The course 'Research Methodology' is to enable the media students to:

• Understand some basic concepts of research and its methodologies  

• Identify appropriate research topics

• Select and define the appropriate research problem and parameters

• Prepare a project proposal (to undertake a project)

1. Human inquiry

2. Scientific inquiry

3. Paradigms and Social Sciences.

Nature and Process of Social Science Research.

1. Basic building blocks in conducting communication research (identifying a research problem variables, statement of the problem, hypothesis, review of literature, abstract)

1. Research Design – Conceptualisation, and Operationalisation.

• Bryman, A. (2008). Social research methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Potter, S. (2006). Doing postgraduate research. Milton Keynes, U.K.: Open University in association with SAGE Publications.

• VanderStoep, S. W., & Johnson, D. D. (2009). Research Methods for Everyday Life: Blending Qualitative and Quantitative A. John Wiley & Sons.

• Waller, V., Farquharson, K., & Dempsey, D. (2016). Qualitative social research: Contemporary methods for the digital age. Los Angeles: SAGE.

• Wimmer, R. D., & Dominick, J. R. (2000). Mass media research: An introduction. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub.

• Research Methodology - Concepts and Cases, Dr. Deepak Chawla & Dr. Neena Sondhi, 2nd edition, 2016.

• Research Methodology A Handbook Revised and Enlarged Edition, R.P. Misra,2016.

• Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques,  C.R. Kothari & Gaurav Garg, 3rd edition.

CIA1: Situating a Research Problem

CIA2: Quantitative Research Plan

CIA3: Qualitative Research Plan

CIA4: Research Proposal

• Design Principles and Elements is focused on providing you with a design language through familiarity with the essential concepts and principles underlying all good design.
• The course encourages you to experiment with different forms and different elements. The course is an essential introduction to later studies in design and aims to help you develop creative methods of thinking and a critical approach to your own work.
• The practice of design combines both independent and collaborative work and this course requires you to use both methods of design development.
• The subject is introduced to learn the principles of graphic design and understand the process of conceptualization and visualization of idea in graphic form

1. Important Concepts and Definitions 
2. Human understanding of art 
3. Introduction to Graphic Design
4. Art and Production 
5. Comparison of Arts 
6. Visual Images 
7. Typography and its applications
8. Indian and Western Understanding of Aesthetics
9. Idea of Beauty in West and East
10. Concept of Rasa (Navarasa)
11. Aesthetic Experience - Aesthetic Attitude - Aesthetic Judgment - 
12. Significance of Aesthetics in day today life Aesthetics in Day today life - 
13. Aesthetics in Media

1. Elements of Design: Points | Lines | Space | Perspective | Atmospheric perspective | movement | Texture | Colour
2. Principles of Design:  Figure/Ground | Balance | Gestalt | Emphasis | Proportion | Rhythm | Unity
3. Designing fundamentals in publications: Layout designs | Design Analysis in Newspaper, Advertisement, Photography and Film -Package Designing

•  Introduction to UI UX
• Elements of UX Design
• User Research
• UX Design Process
• UX Tools
• Wireframing & Prototyping |

1. What Are Infographics: 

2. The Science of visualization - Why 

3. Infographics Work for business.

4. Visualizing how things work and are connected : Process | Hierarchy | Relationships

5. Visualizing Who, when, And where : Personality | Chronology | Geography

6. Creating infographics: 

1. Infographic prep work - purpose - the Art of observation - 

2. Processing your ideas - recording your thoughts 

3. Info Synthesis

4. Designing your infographics

7. Tools for Data Visualisation Tableau, Power BI,

1. Concept of Visual and Culture

2. Importance of Visual Culture in Media studies

3. Theories in Cultural Studies

4. Visual culture and media - Fine Art – Photography – Film – Television - New Media

1. Introduction to Visual Analysis
2. Modes of Analysis: Form and Content - Content Analysis - Iconography & Iconology - Mythologies - Genre and Type Analysis - Form and Style Analysis - Semiotic Analysis - Semiotics - Structuralism - Deconstructions - Physical Context - Intertextuality - Hermeneutics
3. Visual Analysis and Research
4. Steps in Visual Analysis (Practice): Intuitive response - Cultural Context - Function and purpose - Media - Formal Elements

The ESE will be conducted by the Department and will be evaluated out of 50 marks.

CIA I: Consists of multiple assignments (Written Assignments and Practical) – 10 marks

Assessment 1: Interview an artist (30 marks)

Assessment 2: Group Discussion and Presentation on Indian and Western Aesthetics (15 marks)

Assessment 3: Presentation on Art Movements based on any online journal (20 marks)

CIA II- Mid-semester exam – 25 marks

CIA III CIA 3- Projects, and Presentations,  - 10 marks

Assessment 1: Newspaper/Magazine/Advertisement analysis (20)

Assessment 2: Shadow Play/… based on a theme -  (25 marks)

Assessment 3: Product Design (25 marks)

This is a foundational course for the students of Mass Communication to understand the geographical, cultural and temporal contexts they would be functioning in. It is an introduction to the complex discourses that exist about the idea of India. 

• Demonstrate the complexity in understanding the idea of India

• Identify the historical roots of contemporary socio-political and cultural practices

• Exercise Indian citizenship with awareness

1. Introduction: Historical Sociology and the Study of Nation and Nationalism in India by G Aloysius (from Nationalism without a Nation in India)

2. What is Nationalism? by Aurobindo

3. Have You Passed the Nationalism Test? By Shiv Visvanathan (Extract from OPEN, 25 March 2016)

4. Why India Survives by Ramachandra Guha (Epilogue, from India After Gandhi

1. Indian Independence, Partition, Emergency, Indo-Pak and Indo-china Wars, Anti-Sikh Riots, Mandal Commission, LPG, Entry of Cable Television, Babri Masjid Demolition, Gujarat Riots

2. A History of Events by Ramachandra Guha (India After Gandhi)

3. Timeline by Nivedita Menon (Power and Contestation)

4. A Genealogy of the 1990s by Nivedita Menon (Power and Contestation)

1. Jyotirao Phule, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jayaprakash Narayan, Bhima Rao Ambedkar, EVR Periyar, A K Ramanujan etc. 

2. Debating Democracy: Jayaprakash Narayan versus Jawaharlal Nehru By Ramachandra Guha (Democrats and Dissenters)

3. Final Encounter: The Politics of the Assassination of Gandhi by Ashis Nandy (Debating Gandhi)

4. Excerpts from Bunch of Thoughts by Golwalkar

5. Is there an Indian way of thinking? By A K Ramanujan

1. Reflections on the Category of Secularism in India: Gandhi, Ambedkar, and the Ethics of Communal Representation, c. 1931 / Shabnum Tejani 45 (The Crisis of Secularism in India)

2. Will Class Politics Replace Caste Politics in India? By Rahul Verma and Ankita

3. One Hundred years of Tamil Nationalism by A Mangai  (What the Nation Really Needs to Know)

4. Women Feed the World by Vandana Shiva (Who Really Feeds the World)

5. Culture, Voice and Development: A Primer for the Unsuspecting by Ashis Nandy (Bonfire of Creeds)

6. Without Fear or Favour - Ashis Nandy in Conversation with Shuddhabrata Sengupta (SARAI Reader 08 - FEAR

1. Globalism and its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz

2. Looking Back into the Future: India, South Asia, and the World in 2100 by Ashish Kothari and K J Joy

• Aurobindo. (2010, May 17). What is nationalism? Savitri.In. https://savitri.in/blogs/light-of-supreme/what-is-nationalism-by-sri-aurobindo

• Aloysius, G. (2010). Nationalism without a nation in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

• Ashish, K. (2017). Looking Back into the Future: India, South Asia, and the World in 2100. In K. J. Joy (Ed.), Alternative Futures: India Unshackled (Vol. 1, pp. 627–645). AuthorsUpFront.

• Azad, R., Nair, J., Singh, M., & Roy, M. S. (2016). What the nation really needs to know: The JNU nationalism lectures. India: HarperCollins.

• Chatterjee, P. (2010). Empire and nation: Essential writings, 1985-2005. Ranikhet: Permanent Black.

• Guha, R. (2016). Democrats and dissenters. Gurgaon, Haryana: Allen Lane by Penguin Random House India.

• Guha, R. (2008). India after Gandhi: The history of the world's largest democracy. India: Picador.

• M. (2020, December 14). Will class politics replace caste politics in India? Mint. https://www.livemint.com/news/india/will-class-politics-replace-caste-politics-in-india-11607672972899.html

• Menon, N., & Nigam, A. (2008). Power and contestation: India since 1989. Himayatnagar, Hyderabad: Orient Longman Private.

• Narula, M. (2010). Fear. Delhi: Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.

• Needham, A. D., & Rajan, R. S. (2009). The crisis of secularism in India. New Delhi: Permanent Black.

• Raghuramaraju, A. (2010). Debating Gandhi:. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

• Shiva, V. (2016). Who Really Feeds the World? London: Zed Books.

• Stiglitz, J. (2018, October 25). Globalism and Its Discontents: Point/Counterpoint with Joseph Stiglitz ’64 | Amherst Videos | Amherst College. Www.Amherst.Edu. https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/today/amherst-videos/globalism-and-its-discontents-joseph-stiglitz-64

CIA 1: Conducted for 30 marks (Converted to 10)

CIA 2: Conducted for 50 marks (Converted to 25)

CIA 3: Conducted for 30 marks (Converted to 10)

CIA 4/ ESE: Conducted for 100 marks (Converted to 50)

This course is a 30-hour mandatory ability enhancement course aimed at introducing photographic skills to novices and improving technical knowledge about digital cameras. It addresses the concerns of both amateur and advanced-amateurs.

1. Introduction to SLR cameras, Analog camera and Digital Camera. 

2. Exposure triangle: Shutter speed, ISO and Aperture

3. Lenses-Types and usage 

1. Composition-Basic Rules, relationship between photography and other arts

2. Symmetry, Balance, Dynamic perspective, Leading line

3. Color aesthetics, Details of Photo film  And difference between color and Black and white

1. Working with natural lights 

2. One point, two-point, three point, multiple lights, reflected and incident light, High key and Low key lighting.

• Photography : By Warren, Bruce

• Photography : The Definitive Visual History, Tom Ang

Based on continuous evaluation of a series of classroom and weekly assignments, mostly in the form of projects. Apart from these, a theme based Photo-exhibition within the campus and outside will also be considered for evaluation.

• Composition: Click all the 8 compositions, draw Rule of Third rule on the pictures.

• White balance exercise-click 12 pictures from 7-7

• News photos review 

• Creative/concept photography

• Issue based photo essay, Photo story-field study, 360 photography

• Group assignment-Develop a photo-story, theme based, at least 5 pictures

• Photo-essay

 Students have to earn at least 40% of marks from the sum of all the assignments. 

The internship is a mandatory requirement for the completion of the MA in Media and Communication Studies progamme. During the first semester, students are required to undertake an internship in any of the approved centres of CHRIST University. Students will be given a letter from the Department so that they can approach the centres for their internships. At the end of the internship the students should submit an internship completion report/certificate authorised by the respective centre. 

Students need to pursue an internship where tey shall apply their media skills

● Joining day report 

● First Weekly journal 

○ Part A: Prepare a report based on various tasks assigned to you, its analyses and retrospection (Minimum 800 words) 

○ Part B: Report Format: 

■ Details of organisational structure. (Owner, MD, Heads,.....) 

■ Details of your responsibility in the organistion/department 

■ Details of your Works and summary of daily programme 

■ Time schedule 

■ Projects that you have completed/ongoing in this week 

■ New learnings from the organisation 

■ How do you compare the classroom learning with industry exposure ■ New and innovative ideas 

■ Relationship with your immediate boss in the organisation 

■ Difficulties/Challenges that you have faced in organisation 

.....to interact with the boss, management, team workers... 

.....to understand the industry working situation, 

.....to keep time travel and food 

■ Team work 

■ Challenges 

■ Plans for the next week 

● Second to the last week journal entry 

○ Task assigned 

○ Analysis and Retrospection

This course provides playwriting, play reading, storytelling, acting, directing, design, dramaturgy, performance/ theatre history, voice et al. As part of the curriculum, the staging of a theatrical production every year under the supervision of professional artists is mandatory so that students may showcase the talents they develop in class to a wider audience. Also, visiting guest artists may offer workshops in their specialities.

1. Personal orientation, the theatre experience, understanding, likes, dislikes and and area of specialization to be explored.
2. Watching a play, identification of prepared/new script towards “play specific learning”

1. Stage positions and group compositions. 
2. Scheduling and  identification of roles and responsibilities for the chosen play.
3. Question and Answer sessions and decisions on identified departments of the theatre – direction, stage management, lights, sound, sets and props, costumes, marketing, auditorium.

1. View-point of script/script-writer/director/team. Summary and graph of the chosen play.
2. Understanding the need and importance of each scene and maintaining tempo  through all departments.

Actors , Lights, Sound, Stage positions, Sets and Props, Entries and Exits

2)    Writing Tools :55 Essential strategies for every writer by Roy Peter Clark, Thrift Books, 2018.

3)    The Writer’s Journeyby Christopher Vogler and Michele Montez, 3rd Edition, Michael Wiese Productions, 2007.

2)    You Can Write a Play! by Milton E. Polsky, 2002.

3)    Writing your first play, Second Edition by Roger A Hall, Focal Press, 1998.

2)    CIA 2- Students will be presenting their short stories on stage in front of a small audience.(Group project) - 25 Marks

3)    CIA 3- Students will be presenting their stories in the engaging manner in front of the larger audience. A Grand final stage performance will happen in the auditorium- 50 Marks

The goal of this course is to help the students develop a theoretical understanding of international organizations (IOs) and the global problems they attempt to address. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to articulate why IOs exist, its role,  functions and challenges facing IOs. students should bre able to relate to the contemporary issues and debates on international and regional organisations. 

Definition, Characteristics and Classification of international organizations, Theories of International Organizations

Origins of International Institutions; Treaty of Westphalia, Congress of Vienna, League of Nations, Evolution of Bretton wood Institutions.

United Nations, Principle structures of United Nations, Reform of United Nation.

EU, BRICS, SCO, GCC, SAARC ASEAN, BIMSTEC.

Politics of Foreign Aid and Development by International Financial Institutions, WTO: Issues and Reforms.

Issues of Global Governance: Peace and Security, Human Rights, Environment. Role of Non- State Actors. Challenges to global governance- Legitimacy, Accountability, Effectiveness

1. Margaret Karns and Karen Mingst, International Organizations: The Politics and Process of Global Governance. Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publishers. 2009

2. Clive Archer, International Organizations, 3rd edn.London.Routledge.2011

3. Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore, Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics. Ithaca: Cornell UP. 2004

4. Paul Kennedy, The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations. Toronto: Harper Collins. 2006

5. Thomas D. Zweifel, International Organizations and Democracy: Accountability, Politics, and Power, Lynne Rienner Publishers.2006.

6. Inis Claude Jr. From Swords into Ploughshares: The Problems and Progress of International Organization, 4th edn, New York Random House.

7. Thomas G Weiss and Sam Daws (eds) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, New York, Oxford University Press.2007.

1. Margaret Karns and Karen Mingst, International Organizations: The Politics and Process of Global Governance. Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publishers. 2009

2. Clive Archer, International Organizations, 3rd edn.London.Routledge.2011

3. Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore, Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics. Ithaca: Cornell UP. 2004

4. Paul Kennedy, The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations. Toronto: Harper Collins. 2006

5. Thomas D. Zweifel, International Organizations and Democracy: Accountability, Politics, and Power, Lynne Rienner Publishers.2006.

6. Inis Claude Jr. From Swords into Ploughshares: The Problems and Progress of International Organization, 4th edn, New York Random House.

7. Thomas G Weiss and Sam Daws (eds) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, New York, Oxford University Press.2007.

1.     CIA I – Class Test / Assignment / Presentation – 10%

2.     CIA II – Mid Semester Examination – 25%

3.     CIA III – Research Topic – 10%

4.     Attendance – 05%

5.     End Semester Examination – 50% 

Rampant exploitation of natural resources, increasing levels of pollution, intensifying human-animal conflicts, climate emergency, etc. have made ecology one of the prime subjects of discussion in recent decades. While engagements with ecology are most often taken up from a life sciences perspective, there is a felt need to approach ecology from a humanities and social sciences perspective. This course addresses that need. After laying the terms and concepts in the field as the foundation, the course progresses to engage with some of the key issues in the domain and ends with some of the media texts on ecology.

1. Glossary: Ecology, Environment, Ecosystem, Biosphere, Biome, Habitat, Niche, Vegetarianism, Anthropocentrism, Speciesism, Conservation, Biocentrism, Gia Theory, Deep Ecology, Bioregionalism, Ecopsychology, Virtual Water

2. The Ecology of Affluence and the Southern Challenge (Excerpts from Environmentalism: A Global History)

This unit is a platform that enables the entrant to pick up key vocabulary, and attain conceptual clarity regarding the discourse of ecology.

1. Four Frames of Relating to Nature: Nature for Itself, Nature despite People, Nature for People, People and Nature 

2. William Cronon's The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature

3. Changing Natures: A Democratic and Dynamic Approach to Biodiversity Conservation by Kartik Shankar, Meera Anna Oommen and Nitin Rai

4. Excerpts from Nature in the City by Harini Nagendra

This unit presents some of the key discourses on nature that circulate both in the popular and in the theoretical domains.

1. The Food Crises: Hunger via Corporate-Controlled Trade chapter from Making Peace with the Earth by Vandana Shiva

2. Pollution: Addressing Pollution in Urban Rivers: Lessons from the Vrishabhavathy River in Bengaluru by Priyanka Jamwal and Sharachchandra Lele (excerpts from Transcending Boundaries: Reflecting on Twenty years of Action and research at ATREE)

3. Excerpts from the Madhav Gadgil and Kasturirangan Reports

This unit presents some of the prime ecological concerns that haunt our lives and a few contexts that are detrimental in deciding the course of our earth’s ecological well-being.

1. The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable - History (Chapter II)

2. How Much should a Person Consume? (excerpts from How much should a person consume?: Thinking through the environment. )

This unit highlights how our finite world is plundered by indiscriminate looting and infinite demands.

1. A one-day trip to a forest (Excerpts from My Husband and Other Animals to be discussed on the occasion)

2. Visit to ATREE/ Bhoomi College/ Environment specific-NGO/ Ecologically-stressed area in Bangalore 

Field visits are to enable the student to gain an experiential sense of biodiversity, forest life, eco initiatives and ecological stress.

1. Conservation Conversations E3: Science and Conservation

2. Human-Animal Conflict: Gaur in My Garden by Rita Banerjee 

3. The Hunt - BBC Series

4. Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Omens and optimism for orangutans - Podcast

This Unit exhibits how the media could play a proactive role in promoting ecological awareness. 

1. ALTERNATIVE FUTURES: India Unshackled. AUTHORSUPFRONT Publishing, 2018.

2. Students should start following news that is environment-centric. One should also follow websites like conservationindia.org, mongabay.org, etc.

• I CIA: Students need to identify a local ecological crisis, document it and identify means of addressing it. (10 marks)

• II CIA- Mid Sem: Centralised exam (25 marks)

• III CIA - Students need to identify a problem in the domain of ecology and make a research proposal. (10 marks)

• End Sem: Centralised exam (50 marks)

The course provides an overview of the complex interrelation and interdependence between media and democracy. The normative objective of this course is to understand and critically evaluate whether the existing forms and structures of media, enable, support and promote a democratic society. It also tries to explore whether new forms of media can empower the media's role within democratic societies. The course also provides a deep understanding of the complexities that arise in neoliberal democracies and contemporary media systems.

1. Democratic theory; Democratic Press Theory

2. Media as the fourth estate. Democratic responsibilities of the media.

3. Fundamental rights and media’s role in protecting them.

4. Media as the voice of the voiceless. Media as the watchdog of democracy.

5. Media as the platform for deliberation (Media as Public Sphere).

6. Media worker as the democratic warrior.

1. Contemporary structure of media within capitalism: Advertising funding and its

implications on media’s democratic functions.

2. Big business and government. Media as Big business.

3. Use of SLAPP on media houses and self-censorship.

4. Media concentration, conglomeration, commercialisation and its effect on democracy

1. Media reform and democratic media.

2. Media policy and democratic reform.

3. Alternatives to commercial media models: Case studies of BBC, NPR, Aljazeera,

PARI, NewsClick.

4. Critical analysis of Doordarshan and Rajya Sabha TV as PSM.

5. Emergence of digital news platforms and their role in democratic communication

[The Wire, Quint, NewsLaundry, The News Minute, Scroll].

6. Citizen Journalism

7. Representation of Caste and minorities in the media.

8. Media trials and the creation of the common enemy.

1. Social media as the new public sphere.

2. Social media and democratic elections in the current era ( Case studies of 2016 US

elections and 2019 Indian elections).

3. Alternative media spaces: Exploring community radio, Dalit Camera, Video

Volunteers and Alt News.

4. Critical examination of alternative models of media.

5. Public participation, civic engagement and Media

● Chattarji, S., & Ninan, S. (Eds.). (2013). The hoot reader: media practice in

twenty-first century India. New Delhi: Oxford.

● Ghosh, S., & Thakurta, P. G. (2016). Sue the Messenger: How Legal Harassment by

Corporates is Shackling Reportage and Undermining Democracy in India. Paranjoy

Guha Thakurta.

● Hardy, J. (2014). Critical political economy of the media: An introduction. Routledge.

● Herman, E. S., & Chomsky, N. (2010). Manufacturing consent: The political economy

of the mass media. Random House.

● McChesney, R. W. (2016). Rich media, poor democracy: Communication politics in

dubious times. New Press.

● Thomas, P. N. (2010). Political Economy of Communications in India: The Good, the

Bad and the Ugly (1st ed.).New Delhi, India: Sage Publication.

Watch, 10, 43-54.

● Curran, J. (1991). Rethinking the media as a public sphere. Communication and

citizenship, 27-57.

● Khan, U. (2015). Indian media: Crisis in the fourth estate. Kennedy School Review,

15, 70

● Rao, S. , Mudgal, V. (2015). Introduction: Democracy, Journalism and Civic Society

in India. Journalism Studies. 16(5), 615-623.

● Saeed, S. (2015). Phantom journalism governing India's proxy media owners.

Journalism

● Studies , 16(5), 663-679.

● Thussu, D. K. (2007). TheMurdochization'of news? The case of Star TV in India.

Media, Culture & Society, 29(4), 593-611.

● Varshney, A. (2000). Is India becoming more democratic?. The Journal of Asian

Studies, 59(1), 3-25.

● Udupa, S. (2012). Desire and democratic visibility: news media’s twin avatar in urban

India. Media, Culture & Society, 34(7), 880-897.

CIA1: Local community journalism

CIA2: Assignment in association with Online media

CIA3: Democracy seminar

CIA4: Analytical White paper

Reporting and Editing are essential skills for all Multimedia Journalists. The objective of this course is to introduce the students to basic  reporting techniques and styles that can be used accross media platforms and sharpen their writing  and critical thinking skills. They will learn how to build a news judgement by understanding news values, ethics, copyediting, researching stories,  interviewing, fact-checking, and how to accurately report and write about news events around them on deadline in a dynamic news environment. They shall also learn about the challenges and opportunities of journalistic reporting and editing with the advancement of technologies.

• Journalism - Why it matters

• Defining News and Newsworthiness - News Values

• Finding Stories, news sources and developing ideas

• Twitter for Journalists - social media for building sources, leads and sharing stories

• The Changing Newsroom

• Trends, Challenges and Opportunities in the Journalistic field

• Researching the story, 5Ws and 1H

• Interviewing Skills - for Print, Audio, Video

• Tools and Techniques for Fact-checking, Verification, Accuracy, Attribution

• Writing the Report - Intro/lead, body, writing styles and structures

• Adding quotes and context

• Maintaining balance, neutrality and objectivity - The desire and the debate

• Ethics and security in reporting

• Handling PR, Spin doctors and Managers

• Using Gadgets, softwares, Translators

• Reporting regular briefings, press conferences

• Networking, Cultivating sources and building contacts

• Mobile Journalism

• Writing across journalistic platforms

• Types of Reporters 

• Introduction to News beats and their reportage  - crime, court, business, weather, legislature and parliament, election, health and science, education, human interest, lifestyle, sports, art and culture. 

• News agency reporting – dynamics and style 

• Features, News Features, Narrative Reporting and People Profiles

• Investigative Reporting

• Hierarchy of Editors and the Editorial Department News Flow

• Writing Opinion Pieces, Editorials, Columns, Reviews

• Editing – process, principles, styles,terminologies, editing in the electronic age

• Using Style Guides-  Introduction to AP Style and formats

• Headline and Caption Writing

• Different types of copy,  copyediting vs proofreading

• Editorial Decision-making, jargon and conventions

• Analyzing Multimedia news stories and platforms

• Journalistic Writing and Editing exercises in English

• Verma,M K. (2018). News Reporting and Editing. New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation.

• Prasad, Baba M. (1991). Reporting- Principles & Practice. Wordmakers, Bangalore. 

• Dahiya, S and Sahu, S. (2021) Beat Reporting and Editing: Journalism in the Digital Age. SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

• Pickering, I. (2018). Writing for news media: The storyteller's craft. Routledge.

• Ramage, J. D., Bean, J. C., & Johnson, J. (1999). Writing arguments. Allyn and Bacon.

• Sissons, H. (2006). Writing for broadcast. SAGE Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446216828.n5

• Baehr, C. M., & Schaller, B. (2010). Writing for the Internet: A guide to real communication in virtual space. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Press.

• Brooks, B. S., & Pinson, J. L. (2015). The art of editing in the age of convergence. CRC Press.

• Kipphan, H. (Ed.). (2001). Handbook of print media: technologies and production methods. Springer Science & Business Media.

• Lucas, F. L. (2012). Style: The art of writing well. Harriman House Limited

Online references:

• https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED556123.pdf

• https://www.pdfdrive.com/writing-skills-in-practice-e18909963.html

• https://www.pdfdrive.com/writing-workouts-to-develop-common-core-writing-skills-step-by-step-exercises-activities-and-tips-for-student-success-grades-2-6-e175940353.html

• https://www.pdfdrive.com/so-you-think-you-can-write-the-definitive-guide-to-successful-online-writing-e195068812.html

• https://www.pdfdrive.com/writing-learn-to-write-better-academic-essays-collins-english-for-academic-purposes-e187423790.html

This course has been conceptualized in order to offer a deeper understanding of writing and reporting on marginalised communities and the social issues of our times - caste, inequality, gender, resistance and more.

Understanding concept of development, defining development in the journalistic space- Problems of Underdevelopment, Reasons for Development journalism, Igniting development communication

Urban and non-urban issues, Migration, Religion, Caste, Population , Status of Women, Agricultural crisis, Rural issues, Health, Water, Sanitation, Cultural reporting.

Ethical concerns in reporting sensitive issues like farmer’s suicide, traditional practices and local ethos.

Western perspectives -  Daniel Lerner & Everett M. Rogers

Positive deviance theory and Indian development models like Kerala model

Land distribution and social welfare scheme models.

Critical look on development policies and schemes.

Case study-PARI, Swaraj, Counter currents.

Need and demand for alternative media platforms.

Writing style for alternative media platforms.

Sample Assignments:

• Analysis of development reporting
• Evaluative essay on rights and development projects
• Rural reporting
• Preparation & publication of in-depth reports
• Documentary on developmental issues

Course Description:

The course is designed to train the students in Qualitative research methodology and methods, and Quantitative research methodology and methods.

Different qualitative research methodology and methods and quantitative research methodology and methods to collect data.

Quantitative Methods: Survey; Experiment; Content Analysis.

Qualitative Methods: In-depth interviews, Focus Group Discussion, Ethnography, Text, and Critical Discourse Analysis.

Understanding different methodological toolkits to analyse data, viz. Excel; Data Studio, PowerBI, NVIVO, Tableau, Jamovi, RStudio and SPSS.

Berger, A. A. (2016). Media and communication research methods: An introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches (Fourth Edition.). New Delhi: Sage.

Kothari, C. R., & Garg, G. (2014). Research Methodology (3rd ed.). New Delhi: New Age International Publishers.

Wimmer, R. D., & Dominick, J. R. (2011). Mass Media Research An Introduction (9th ed.). New Delhi: Cengage Learnig.

The course Integrated Marketing Communication, enables the student to plan career in advertising, promotion and other aspects of marketing communications, enhancing the equity of the brand. Besides, exposing the marketing concepts applicable in the industry. Familiarize students with the multiple methods and approaches to promoting and marketing products/services/brands, using varied platforms.

This course provides an in-depth understanding of the fundamental principles and practices of advertising, with a focus on the industry perspective. The course covers the key elements of advertising, including target audience identification, message development, media planning and buying, and evaluation of advertising effectiveness. Students will learn how to apply these principles in creating effective advertising campaigns that meet the needs of different audiences.

• Overview of advertising and its importance

• History of advertising

• Advertising trends and its impact on society

• Ethics and social responsibility in advertising

• Importance of advertising planning

• Setting advertising objectives

• Defining target audience

• Developing advertising messages

• Creative advertising strategies

• Measuring advertising effectiveness

• Media planning and buying

• Print and broadcast media

• Digital and social media

• Direct marketing

• Outdoor advertising

• Sales promotion and sponsorship

• Globalization of advertising

• Cultural and ethical issues in international advertising

• International advertising campaigns

• Adapting advertising to different countries and cultures

Pitch Presentations: Students can develop and present pitches for a specific product or service, incorporating their research, creative brief, and advertising concepts. This can be a competitive exercise, with judges providing feedback and selecting a winner.

●      Development communication refers to the use of communication to facilitate social development. Development communication techniques include information dissemination and education, behaviour change, social marketing, social mobilization, media advocacy, communication for social change, and community participation. The course introduces students to the role of information, communication and the media in development and social change. To put development into context, the course looks at development theories and how these have influenced the different development communication approaches used at the various times.

●      Through this course Students will explore: The concept of participatory communication; global debates about development; the digital divide; development policy frameworks at the global, regional and national levels. Communication of issues pertinent to sustainable development will be addressed including environment, population, gender, poverty and conflict management.

1. The meaning and definition of development
2. Brief history: Colonization, Industrial revolution, First world, second world, and Third world
3. Western and Indian models of development: Marshall plan, Rostow-Stages of Economic growth, McClelland-Human Motivation theory, Hagen-Theory of social change, Karl Deutsch-political theory of development, Gandhian economics, and socialistic approach of Nehru
4. Psychological and social theories on human needs Maslow’s social hierarchy, Social conflict theory, Social exchange theory, and social constructionism
5. The concept of sustainable development-UNDP’s Sustainable Development Goals and UN’s continuous efforts

1. A brief  history of development communication, Daniel Learner’s Passing of traditional society
2. The value-added of development communication in programs and projects
3. National development goals and key issues about (development) communication in the Indian context
4. Understanding the scope and uses of development communication - Diffusion /Extension approach, mass media approaches Development support communication approach, Integrated approach, localized approach
5. Indian media in Dev. comm-Efforts of AIR, DD, and other media platforms. Kheda, SITE program

1. Participatory communication approaches-Case study of micro-financing and self-help groups
2. The trickle down effect, citizen empowerment frameworks-RTI
3. Technology aided communication models-e-governance
4. Alternative approaches
5. Principles and methodology fundamentals of the four-phase framework - Communication-based assessment
6. Communication strategy design - Implementing the communication program - Communication for monitoring and evaluation

1. Community media
2. Folk media, Street theatre, Print, Radio, TV, Outdoor media, and New media
3. Social Entrepreneurship
1. Case Studies
4. PARI, Deccan Development Society, Raagi Kana

●      Mathur, Kanwar B. (1994): Communication for Development and Social Change  New Delhi, Allied Publications

●      Melkote, Srinivas R, Steeves, H. Leslie. (2015): Communication for Development : theory and practice for empowerment and social justice, New Delhi:Sage

●      Narula, Uma.(1994): Development Communication: Theory and Practice New Delhi, Har-Anand

●       Paolo Mefalopulos.(2008): Development Communication Sourcebook - Broadening the Boundaries of Communication, Washington DC, The World  

CIA 2 – Mid - Semester Exam – 50 marks

CIA 3 – Presentation – 20 Marks

ESE  – 100 Marks

This course introduces the student to the essential communication and leadership skills of public speaking.  The course includes techniques to lessen speaker anxiety, use of visual aids, listening skills and effective body language to enhance presentations. Practical speaking assignments will be provided to train the students to influence, impact, entertain and persuade people with regular individual and peer feedback to improve their technique and style in speech communication.

Why Public Speaking Matters Today

Managing Speech Anxiety - Fighting stage fright

Speaking with Confidence

The importance of listening

Understanding Oneself

Differentiating between Speeches

Understanding and Owning the Speaking Environment

Audience Analysis

Finding a Purpose and Selecting a Topic

Preparing, Outlining and Researching your speech

Adding supporting ideas and building arguments

The body , introduction and conclusion.

Connecting with the audience

The importance of language

Methods in Delivering the Speech - Tone, Voice, pitch, modulation, body language and gestures

Developing and Selecting Style

Designing and Using Presentation aids

Speaking to inform and entertain

Persuasive speaking.

Ethical Public Speaking

Connecting Public Speaking with Storytelling

Group Discussion Techniques

Managing time and adapting to situations

Seeking Feedback

• Grice, G. L., Skinner, J. F., & Mansson, D. H. (2016). Mastering public speaking (Ninth edition.). New York: Pearson.

• Beebe, S. A., & Beebe, S. (2007). Public Speaking: Handbook (2nd ed.). New York: Allyn And Bacon.

• Gallo, C. (2014). Talk like TED: The 9 public speaking secrets of the world's top minds (First edition : March 2014.). New Delhi: Macmillan.

This is a practical paper offered as an elective. 

Technical writing involves translating technical information into readable and accessible writing, usable by a wide audience.

• This course enables students to communicate information about a product or concept for a specific audience and a specific purpose. 
• The objective is to train students to convey the information clearly and concisely and in a language that is understandable by the audience.

1. What is Technical Writing? Definition and explanation
2. Relevance & importance of Technical Writing
3. Role of a Technical writer
4. Principles of Technical Writing; Technical Writing structure & style
5. Whom to write-Knowing your audience-approaches to word choice, tone, and formatting

1. Communication for internal & external reasons-professional correspondence such as emails, memos & letters
2. Resumes, reports, proposals, technical descriptions, technical definitions
3. Technical manuals, and proposals.
4. Instructional content-what goes into a video, podcast, printed pamphlets/brochures
5. Technical writing methods-Agile & Waterfall

1. Description & explanation of product/concept
2. Including visuals/photographs, infographics, audio/visual content/videos
3. Editing to suit the platform-hard-copy, multimedia, wiki, blogs, on-line, electronic documents (pdf)
4. Editing for clarity & simplicity- English Grammar, Punctuation and Mechanics
5. MS Style Guides & Proofreading

1. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint
2. Adobe Photoshop
3. Adobe Illustrator
4. Powtoon
5. Prezi
6. Notepad++
7. WordPress
8. Windows Snipping Tool
9. Windows Movie Maker
10. Google Docs

Sample Assignments

1. Introductory Emails, 200 words. Using a standard email format and an effective professional style, send a message to each of these- Professional working within your field, Organization’s HR personnel, Tech support engineer. (25 marks)
2. Technical Description, 700 words. Write a professional memo that provides a clear description using specific technical terms for a process or device. (25 marks)
3. Instructional Podcast, 1000 words per student. Working in groups of three, students will create an instructional guide designed to provide advice or instructions for either the general student body or a specific group of students. (25 marks)
4. Application Packet, 700 words. Produce an application packet with a job description analysis, cover letter, and a resume. (25 marks)

*Rubrics for each activity will be provided by the concerned faculty offering the course.

Course Description: This course gives an introduction to the field of digital humanities and cyber culture. Learners of this course are to explore the use of digital resources and their application in the domain of humanities and the ways in which digital technologies have transformed the way we experience our social lives and have shaped the ways in which we connect (and disconnect) with each other and wider society.

Course Objectives: This course explores a range of contemporary scholarship oriented to the study of digital humanities and cyber culture:

• To make the students to understand the ways in which our social spaces, relationships and activities are mediated by and through digital technologies. 
• To enable students to develop an understanding of digital humanities and cyber culture and their implications. 
• To develop analytical and methodological skills to the study of different cases in the areas of digital humanities and cyber culture.
• To instil research interest among students in the domains of digital humanities and cyber culture.

• Concept, nature and scope of Digital Humanities (DH)
• Concepts- digitization, text mining, data analysis & visualization, digital media, digital ethnography
• Concepts- cyberspace, online community, online identity, internet society, cyber culture, Internet of things
• Use of digital platforms for creative work, scholarly publication, and pedagogy

• Social Network Sites: Definition, History, Scholarship and language
• Social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
• Participatory culture (UGC): YouTube, Wikipedia and Crowdsourcing
• Net neutrality and corporatisation of social media platforms

• Memes, Trolls, Hacking and Activism (FB/Twitter revolutions)
• Cyber bullying,  piracy and online laws
• Digital money: Paytm, BHIMA, BitCoin, Cryptocurrency
• Internet surveillance: Julian Assange, Edward Snowden and Cambridge Analytics

Briggs, A., & Burke, P. (2009). A social history of the media: From Gutenberg to the Internet. Polity.

Ricardo, F. J. (Ed.). (2009). Cyberculture and new media (Vol. 56). Rodopi.

Documentaries:

The Great Hack

Edward Snoden

How Facebook changed the world? The Arab Spring

Beckett, C. (2011). SuperMedia: Saving journalism so it can save the world. John Wiley & Sons.

Castells, M. (2009). Communication power: Oxford University Press. Inc. NewYork, USA ISBN, 199567042, 9780199567041.

Elea, I., & Mikos, L. (2017). Young & creative: Digital technologies empowering children in everyday life. Nordicom, University of Gothenburg.

Jenkins, H. (2008). Convergence Culture: where old and new media collide.

Karapanagiotis, N. (2013). Cyber Forms," Worshipable Forms": Hindu Devotional Viewpoints on the Ontology of Cyber-Gods and-Goddesses. International Journal of Hindu Studies, 17(1), 57-82.

Mayo, S. (2008). The prelude to the millennium: the backstory of digital aesthetics. The Journal of Aesthetic Education, 42(1), 100-113.

Papacharissi, Z. (2010). A private sphere: Democracy in a digital age. Polity.

Jajodia Nirmalendu,Krishnaswamy Arvind (2017). A Cashless Society, Cyber Security and the Aam Aadmi. EPW

Thorat Shiva (2016). Morality, Illegality and Crime in Download Culture  Sarai Reader

The course shall not have a regular CIA- MSE -ESE model. Instead, the student will be given a series of assignments spread across the semester, leading to a final portfolio/article/content collective on submission model. The teaching facilitator will consider the level of intelligibility in the class and the learning needs of the students and decide what assignment to be given on a regular basis. 

Sample Assignments

Analyze a case study and present a report-500 words. 15 marks

Social Media Campaign idea & plan for a social cause-500 words. 15 marks

Portfolio submission based on classroom assignments on critical reflections on digital humanities. 50 marks

Understand, analyze and disseminate digital literacy through stories. Cyber story (Easy)/ expert interview (Medium) and booklet submission (Complex) 

*Rubrics for each activity will be provided by the concerned faculty offering the course.

** Keep duplicate copies of all work submitted in this course. Save all returned, graded work until the semester is over.

This beginner’s course on film studies enables students to understand the rudiments of how a film as a text is produced. It invites the student to grasp the different elements that come together to make a film an organic text.

Premise/Conflict, Plot, Characters, Interrelationships, Setting, Socio-Cultural Milieu, etc.

Shot, Scene, Sequence, Camera Angles, Camera Position, Lens, Lighting, Mise En Scene, etc.

Diegetic, Non-diegetic, Music, Foley, Parallel, Contra-Puntal, etc.

Assembling shots, Different Ways of Establishing Shifts, Establishing Change and Continuity in Temporal and Spatial contexts, Creating Meaning through Editing, etc.

One of the most important films of our times will be taken up for screening, followed by a discussion, based on the learning acquired from the previous four units

●       Frierson, M. (2018). Film and Video Editing Theory: How Editing Creates Meaning. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.

●       Lindroth, D., Monaco, J. (2009). How to Read a Film: Movies, Media, and Beyond. Pakistan: Oxford University Press, USA. 

Each student shall watch an Indian Film of their choice and critically respond to a question posed by the facilitator. The question will evaluate the learning acquired through the course.

Students are required to conduct original  in depth examination/investigation on a topic relevant to the discipline of Media & Communications, under the guidance of the faculty of the Department of Media Studies.

• Identify area of research
• Concretise research problem
• Review Literature
• Find suitable methodology
• Collect Data
• Analyse
• Write research manuscript

Due to the varied nature and uniqueness of each dissertation, an evaluation criteria is given instead of a fixed rubrics. Supervisors can take an informed call on any additions required for specific dissertations.

The internship is a mandatory requirement for the completion of the MA in Media and Communication Studies progamme. At the end of the first year, students are required to undertake an NGO internship for a month. Students will be given a letter from the University so that they can approach NGOs for their internships. At the end of the internship the students should submit an internship completion report/certificate authorised by the organisation.

Students will undertake Internship in an NGO

• Joining day report

• First Weekly journal 

• Part A: Prepare a report based on various tasks assigned to you, its analyses and retrospection (Minimum 800 words)

• Part B: Report Format:

• Details of organisational structure. (Owner, MD, Heads,.....)

• Details of your responsibility in the organistion/department

• Details of your Works and summary of daily programme

• Time schedule

• Projects that you have completed/ongoing in this week

• New learnings from the organisation

• How do you compare the classroom learning with industry exposure

• New and innovative ideas

• Relationship with your immediate boss in the organisation

• Difficulties/Challenges that you have faced in organisation

.....to interact with the boss, management, team workers...

.....to understand the industry working situation,

.....to keep time travel and food

• Team work

• Challenges

• Plans for the next week

•  Second to the last week journal entry

• Task assigned

• Analysis and Retrospection

Viva will be conducted at the end of the semester and the internship reports will also be evaluated. However, the result will be pass or fail mode.

Course Description

This course introduces the students to the notions and concepts of borders, bordering, territorialization and its implications on the understanding of nation, identities, geopolitics, and geoeconomics. The course provides a wide range of topics in an interdisciplinary way in order to understand the multiple manifestations of borders at the global, national, and local level. This course combines rigorous theoretical framework to analyze borders with the requirements of empirical research work. Fieldwork is an integral component of the course.

Course Objectives

·       To introduce learners to the theorizations of borders, migration, and identities in various aspects of socio-cultural practices.

·       To acquaint learners to the diverse areas in which theories and methods of borders, migration, and identities can be analytically applied.

·       To enable learners to develop complex framework of analysis of everyday practices of borders, migration, and identities in a multidisciplinary framework.

CourseOutcomes

·       CO 1: Define, describe, summarize, and interpret concepts and theories of borders, migration, and identity.

·       CO 2: Contrast, connect, and correlate various concepts and theories of borders, migration, and identity with textual, audio-visual, and empirical data.

·       CO 3: Reframe the concepts through analytically criticizing textual, audio-visual, and empirical data on the basis of readings prescribed in the syllabus.

Unit Description: This unit will introduce the students to the concepts used in the larger field of Border Studies. The unit is designed to acquaint the students of the various approaches in studying borders.

Unit Description: This unit is designed to make students aware of the phenomena of crossing national and international borders as an everyday practice that redefines the notion and practices of nationhood, subjecthood, and citizenship.

Unit Description: This unit acquaints the students with the complexities that surrounds the issue of identity, care, and welfare when looked through the lens of borders. Identities in this unit is studied as a bordering practice that constitutes caste, race, gender, and biopolitics.

Unit Description: This unit serves as an introduction to the interdisciplinary relation and interface between political economy, international relations, and political theory.

Unit Description: Borders and bordering practices have left an indelible mark on the culture and art of nations and communities. This unit through analysis of films, literature, and popular culture discusses aesthetic representation of borders.

This unit will be a guided introduction to qualitative research methods in the studying of border at various scales-municipal, city, district, state, and nation.

                                                                                                                         10 hrs

Conceptualizing Borders and Global Bordering Practices

Unit Description: This unit will introduce the students to the concepts used in the larger field of Border Studies. The unit is designed to acquaint the students of the various approaches in studying borders.

Vaughan-Williams, N. (2016) ‘Borders’, in Ni Mhurchu, A. and Shindo, R. (eds.), Critical Imaginations in International Relations, London: Routledge, pp 11-27

Rumford, Chris (2012) ‘Towards a Multiperspectival Study of Borders‘ Geopolitics, 17:4 pp 887-902

Mezzadra S, Neilson B (2012). “Between Inclusion and Exclusion: On the Topology of Global Space and Borders.” Theory, Culture & Society. 29(4-5):58-75. doi:10.1177/0263276412443569

Stacey K. Sowards (2019) Bordering Through Place/s, Difference/s, and Language/s: Intersections of Border and Feminist Theories, Women's Studies in Communication, 42:2, 120-124, DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2019.1605131

Walia, Harsha (2021) Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

Unit 2                                                                                                             10 hrs

Migration as Border Crossing Practice

Unit Description: This unit is designed to make students aware of the phenomena of crossing national and international borders as an everyday practice that redefines the notion and practices of nationhood, subjecthood, and citizenship.

Mountz, A. (2015) ‘In/visibility and the Securitization of Migration: Shaping Publics through Border Enforcement on Islands’, Cultural Politics, Volume 11, Number 2: pp. 184-200.

Samaddar, Ranabir (2020). Borders of an Epidemic: Covid-19 and Migrant Workers.

Samaddar, Ranabir (1999). “Shefali” in The Marginal Nation: Transborder Migration from Bangladesh to West Bengal

Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1987). Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

Foucault, Michel (2003) Society Must Be Defended: Lectures at the College de France, 1975-76, edited by Mauro Bertani and Alessandro Fontana. New York: Picador

Unit 3                                                                                                             10 hrs

Margins of Identities

Unit Description: This unit acquaints the students with the complexities that surrounds the issue of identity, care, and welfare when looked through the lens of borders. Identities in this unit is studied as a bordering practice that constitutes caste, race, gender, and biopolitics.

Mbembe, Achille (2003) ‘Necropolitics’ Public Culture 15.1 11-40.

Tyler, Imogen (2018) ‘The hieroglyphics of the border: racial stigma in neoliberal Europe,' Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol 41 Issue 10, pp. 1783-1801.

Ritu Menon (2003). “Birth of Social Security Commitments-What Happened in the West.”

Farhana Ibrahim (2005). "Defining a Border: Harijan Migrants and the State in Kachchh." Economic and Political Weekly , Apr. 16-22, 2005, Vol. 40, No. 16 (Apr. 16-22, 2005), pp. 1623-1630

Fernandez, B. 2017. “Queer Border Crossers: Pragmatic Complicities, Indiscretions and Subversions”

Unit 4                                                                                                             10 hrs

Geopolitics and Geoeconomics in a Bordered World

Unit Description: This unit serves as an introduction to the interdisciplinary relation and interface between political economy, international relations, and political theory.

Brian Kahin and Charles Nesson (1999). Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and the Global Information Infrastructure

Michael G. Plummer, Peter J. Morgan and Ganeshan Wignaraja (2016). Connecting Asia Infrastructure for Integrating South and Southeast Asia

Hillman, Jonathan E  (2020). The Emperor’s New Road: China and the Project of the Century. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Schmitt, Carl  (2003) The Nomos of the Earth: In the International Law of the Jus Publicum Europaeum  

Unit 5                                                                                                             10 hrs

Cultural Representations of Border

Unit Description: Borders and bordering practices have left an indelible mark on the culture and art of nations and communities. This unit through analysis of films, literature, and popular culture discusses aesthetic representation of borders.

Saadat Hasan Manto- “Toba Tek Singh” and “The Dog of Tetwal.” (Literature)

No Man’s Land (Film)

This Side, That Side (Graphic Narratives)

Partition Museums (Museum)

Unit 6                                                                                                             10 hrs

Fieldwork

This unit will be a guided introduction to qualitative research methods in the studying of border at various scales-municipal, city, district, state, and nation.

CIA I: For CIA 1, written examination based on prescribed readings, (20 marks).

CIA II - Mid Semester Examination: Section A (10X5=50 marks) – Centralized. These will be written examination to test conceptual understanding of the units.

CIA III: Presentation followd by Q&A. (20 marks)

End Semester Examination: Centralized examination of 100 marks.

Course Description: This course introduces the idea of CSR from a conceptual, historical and theoretical perspective and also addresses the ongoing debates. Detailed analysis of the policies and frameworks related to CSR implementation in India is made considering the employability of CSR professionals. While discussing the scope of CSR for sustainable development, references will be made to SDG goals.

1.      CSR: Definition, Concepts, Elements of Social Responsibility, drivers of CSR, CSR Pyramid (AB Carroll)

2.      History and Evolution of CSR (International)

3.      History and Evolution of CSR (India)

4.      CSR in Global Context - Norms and principles, codes of conduct, certification and labelling, reporting, management standards, social investment, lending, governmental actions.

1.       Instrumental theories: Maximizing the shareholder value, strategies for achieving competitive advantage, cause related marketing

2.      Political theories: corporate constitutionalism, integrative social contract theory, corporate citizenship

3.      Integrative theories: Issues management, principle of public responsibility, stakeholder management, corporate social performance

4.       Ethical theories: Normative stakeholder theories, the common good approach, universal good and sustainable development

1. CSR as a tool to achieve SDGs : CSR and social value creation

2.CSR and Inclusive Growth (SDGs 1,2,4,5,9)

3. SR and Environmental  Sustainability (  SDGs 13,14,15)

4.  CSR and Labour Related Issues (SDG 8)

5. CSR and Public health : Responses during Covid-19 (SDGs 3,6)C

5. Ethical and Governance Issues related to CSR : good vs bad industries (case study: tobacco companies and CSR)

1.      Evolution of Indian CSR Framework -Pre Companies Bill 2012

2.      Companies Act 2013

3.      Amendments to Companies Act Section 135

4.      Case studies on CSR implementation – Agencies, Models & Best practices

Crane, A. (ed.). (2008). The Oxford handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility.Oxford Handbooks Online.

Crowther, D., &Guler A. (2008).Corporate Social Responsibility.Ventus Publishing House.

GoI (2011).National Voluntary Guidelines. New Delhi: Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

GoI (2013).Companies Act. New Delhi: Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Maira, A.(2013). India’s 2% CSR Law.Economic and Political Weekly, 48 (38)

Mele, D., &Garriga, E. (2004).Corporate Responsibility Theories: Mapping the Territory. In Journal of Business Ethics. 51-71. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Bob &Hartsuikar. (2007). Theory of CSR:  Its Evolutionary Path and Road Ahead.Oxford :Blackwell.

Brammer, S., Jackson &Matton. (2012). Corporate Social Responsibility And Institutional Theory: New Perspectives On Private Governance. Socio-Economic Review.3-28.

Burchell, J. (2008). The Corporate Social Responsibility Reader. New York: Routledge.

ElAlfy, A. (2020). Redefining strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the sustainable development goals (SDGs) world.

Mullerat, R. (2010).  International Corporate Social Responsibility: the role of corporations in the economic order of the 21^st century. Austin: Aspen Publishers

Prasad, K. (2009).  Corporate Governance. New York: Prentice Hall India.

 CIA 1 - 10

CIA 2 Mid Sem-25 

CIA 3 - 10

Attendance - 5

Endsem exam - 50