FACULTY OF MEDIA STUDIES AND HUMANITIES

Faculty of Media Studies and Humanities aims at imparting quality education to young aspirants, desiring to work for media, Public relations, Advertising, Photo Journalism, Radio Journalism and other allied fields of Mass Communication. The faculty started in 2007 with a meager strength but today it is running graduate, post graduate, and Ph.D. programme in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Introduction of a "Integrated Learning" methodology for all our programs, combining all the forms of learning, namely, Published / Printed Self-Learning Material / Books, Digital e-learning, and Faculty Interaction with industry experts, exposure to actual radio/TV operations etc, has been the key to our highly interactive Learning content leading to understanding of concepts thereby bridging the gap between the book, classroom and the workplace.

Emphasis  althrough the academic session is on on-hand training and actual field/work exposure by way of organizing mock events, media interactions, actual reporting of events etc. Reputed media persons like news readers, news anchors and PR professionals, corporate communication experts share their experiences with students so that there is no transitional stress when a student shifts from campus to workplace. We take pride in having a highly conducive, healthy safe, protective and student friendly campus with all modern facilities and amenities and resources for acquisition of practical skills.

For success in communication fields, our special emphasis is on improving the communication skills in a big way as we believe that communication and multi disciplinary approach in learning is the basis of Journalism and mass communication. We also endeavor to evolve our students as informed and engaged citizens and also as independent and creative thinkers. It is our firm faith that value based learning can transform a student into good professional and a responsible citizen. It is in this backdrop that we strive to develop the all round personality of our students so that they can claim their right place in the world of communication.

Tie-Up with NDTV

To facilitate on hand training FMeH has collaborated with NDTV Worldwide, Broadcast Media Consultants as Knowledge Partners for workshops on various aspects of broadcast journalism for both Programmes of B.A and M.A - Journalism and Mass Communication keeping in view the current technology trends, innovations in journalism and up to date workflows for news television. These workshops cover reporting, anchoring, breaking news, news production and the role of a producer, different departments of a news channel, writing for television news, the newsroom scenario, operations - live PCR / camera/ editing / technical overview of modern television newsrooms and Digital Media.

FACULTY

FMeH employs regular as well as part time faculty. Apart from these, visiting faculty from the industry are invited periodically to ensure requisite connect between the students and industry. All such visiting faculty is associated with leading media houses (both print and audio visual media), radio and also corporate communication experts from Public Sector Undertakings.

Unique Teaching Methodology

• Classroom lectures by faculty

• News, Content, Media Analysis classes

• Practical classes in studio by faculty

• Lab work by students

• Independent work by students guided by faculty

• Self-initiated and directed study by students

• Assignments, Class tests and Presentations by students

• Evaluation by self and peers under faculty guidance

• Practical training in Radio Jockeying facilitated by Radio Manav Rachna

•    TV documentary, News bulletins by students under faculty guidance & industry experts

• Research: Surveys, Case Method Projects and media studies.

Research at Undergraduate Level

Students are familiarized with basic research tools through case studies.

A Media Tracking Unit is being started from this academic session so as to encourage students to track media coverage on topical issues, analyze coverage and draw inferences regarding the impact on perceptions, public opinions and society. This will encourage students to develop a habit of analyzing and perspective thinking and also develop their own research papers.

Internship/ Placement Assistance

In addition to placement services provided by the Corporate Resource Centre (CRC) at the university level, FMeH provides training & placement opportunities to all its students right from the beginning. No wonder  even 1st year students get work-opportunities in national and multinational  organizations such as NDTV, CNN-IBN, Sahara TV, Asia News International, The  Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, The Statesman, Tata Tea Jago Re!, Corvo,  and, Weber Schandwick. Students of last semester were placed for internship with reputed companies and media houses.

Achievements & Milestones

·        Faculty in collaboration with NDTV Worldwide organized workshops for BJMC students on topics such as Newsroom Scenario, Reporting, Anchoring, Breaking News, News production and Role of Producer, Channel management, writing for TV, news, Operations, Live PCR etc. Speakers were Mr. Sanjay Ahirwal, Managing Editor, NDTV World Wide, Ms Nidhi Kulpati, Sr. Anchor NDTV India, Ms. Sonal Mehrotra, Chief Corrp. NDTV, Ms. Manika Raikar, Managing Editor, NDTV Issues, Mr. Ajmal Jami, HOD, Camera Dept, NDTV.

·        Visit to Rajya Sabha TV: As many as 35 students of BA-JMC were assigned to maintain and update the result of 16th Lok Sabha Elections on Rajya Sabha TV Channel. Each student was deployed to contact with the stringer of a particular constituency and keep updating with the poll trends/results.

·        Students invited by India TV to attend talk show with the film stars of Happy New Year: Around thirty students from all semesters were taken to the studio of India TV. It was a thrilling experience especially for the first year students who were eager to talk to Shahrukh Khan, Sonu Sood and Bomman Irani, Deepika Padukone and Farah Khan.

·        Visit to ZEE NEWS to attend the Dr. Subhash Chandra Show: Twenty one students of BA-JMC participated in the show along with students from leading institutions. The topic of the Programme was 'Negativity'. Dr. Subhash Chandra shared his experience and enlightened the students.

·        FMeH organised a seminar on Media Ethics in 2015.

·        BOOK LAUNCH: 'NEWS ANCHORS… THE FACE OF THE NEWS’: A book written by well-known News Anchors Dr. Praveen Tiwari & Ms. Archana Tiwari has been brought out in association with the Faculty of Media Studies and Humanities (FMeH), Manav Rachna International University and was launched on 13 February 2016. This was a historical and a rare moment when news anchors from all the leading channels of India congregated at one place. Mr. Umesh Upadhyay, President Reliance Jionet & Editor ZEE News was the Chief Guest on the occasion.

·        A National Conference was organized by Faculty of media Studies on 8^th march, 2016 on “Women and Media: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

PRODUCTION WORK

·         Short duration quickies on various issues.

·         Documentaries on Internal Marketing & Surajkund International Handicrafts Fair.

·         Radio features  for Radio Manav Rachna 107.8

·         Talent hunt shows organized by FMeH in collaboration with FM Radio Channel.

·         Documentaries on Mohna Village adopted by Dr. O.P. Bhalla Foundation.

·         Produced Lab newspaper and magazines.

·         Regular contribution of students in the in-house publications of MRIU like “Campus Buzz” and “Reporter”.

RADIO MANAV RACHNA

A full fledged community radio station ‘RADIO MANAV RACHNA 107.8’ located right in the campus and a source of information and entertainment, also serves as  a platform for discussions and debates on various topical issues, be it educational, social, demographic or political. It also serves as a laboratory and training ground for our mass communication students desiring to excel in radio journalism.

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“We strive to develop the ‘potential and ‘passion’ of our students through emphasis on multidisciplinary approach, integrated learning, effective communication and value based learning so that they can claim their right place in the world of communication.”