What is the Mass Communication Course and How Much Time Does It Take?
Mass communication is a stream which caters to students with a specific bent of mind. For doing well in this course it is not necessary that one has oodles of creativity. However, it is necessary to have a creative spark. The concerned candidate should be full of questions and curiosity about the various issues dogging society these days. In addition, he or she should be able to raise a voice about something amiss, something wrong, which is going on in our midst. For example, a person who willingly accepts wrongness or negativity will not do well in a career in mass communication. This course is all about enhancing the reach of any given person and taking his or her opinion and rights to the concerned authorities for viable agreements to be reached upon in the given context.
Mass communication teaches us to increase our capability in reaching out to not just those who are needy, but also our own selves to the agencies which can make a difference to our case. For instance, a girl being subjugated for being born a female should gather enough guts and strength to fight for herself in front of her parents, society, in-laws, and even peers and friends. Mass communication will help her channelize her inner energies and her narrative to be able to come into her own and aid and abet in flowering her entire persona. It will teach her the brass-tacks and nuances which can make her independent, have self-esteem, and be able to accept her own self as a full-scale member of our social structure.
The mass communication course brings in the sensibilities to increase the purview of your reading, writing, speaking, et al, skills in such a way that you are subdued no more. You are capable of having your opinion come out in front of an audience without a sense of embarrassment or shame. Typically speaking, a mass communication undergraduate course lasts for three years. One can do a full-scale degree course in this vocation. So also, one can undertake a mass communication course at the postgraduate level as well. This could be a diploma for a year or a degree course for two full years. In addition, mass communication is also taught these days in classes XI and XII.
If one is sure of pursuing a career in this field, one can go in for mass communication in the high school level itself and become proficient in it right at that very stage itself. Or else, one can go in for media studies (which could be a mix of electronic, print, new media, radio et al) or even specialization in any of these disciplines. It is all a matter of the choice of the concerned student or mentee. Such courses are very helpful in attaining employment opportunities in the media world including newspapers, magazines, websites, blogs, news agencies, newsletters, television channels, radio broadcast stations, as the social media representatives of various public and private organizations, et al.
International Institute of Mass Media – IIMM Delhi is a leading mass communication in India since 1999. The Institute offers mass communication courses including Bachelor’s of Journalism and Mass Communication (BJMC), Master’s of Journalism and Mass Communication (MJMC), Postgraduate Diploma in Advertising, Public Relations, and Marketing (PGDAPRM) and short-term technical courses. For admissions, visit www.iimmdelhi.com.
