MJM-024: Media, Information and Empowerment

By Dr. K. S. Arul Selvan | Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi

Learners enrolled: 139

Media, information and empowerment course deals with the interplay between media & information and core areas of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as health, education, gender equality, climate change and human rights etc. Moreover the coming decade is being designed as a “decade of action,” this course explores the institutional and individual perspective on their contribution and participation in the developmental process. Through the 12 weeks duration, this course would seek to highlight three dimensions - societal role of media and information, developmental processes and interlinkages between media and core SDGs. It is expected from this course that the students will familiarise themselves towards the communication dimensions of SDG goals and in turn they might incorporate learnings from this course in their professional activities in mainstream media or extension and outstretch activities or training and research needs.

This Course provides the necessary theoretical perspectives on media, information and empowerment and enables the students to apply the available information structures to bring changes for improvement in people’s lives.

We hope that after completing this course, you would be able to:

1.    describe the complex interplay between media and society
2.    discuss the concept, need and importance of media literacy and policy;
3.  explain the concept and theories of development communication; and critically analyse the role of media in various contemporary issues such as health, education, gender, environment and human rights.

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Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Multidisciplinary
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	15 Jul 2024
End Date :	30 Nov 2024
Enrollment Ends :	31 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	07 Dec 2024 IST
Exam Shift :	Shift-II

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1

Understanding Role of Media and Information in Society

Week 2

Media Audiences

Week 3

Media and Information Literacy

Week 4

Mass Media Policies

Week 5

Development: Concept & Theories

Week 6

Development Communication

Week 7

Media and Health Issues

Week 8

Education and Media

Week 9

Gender and Media

Week 10

Media and Environment

Week 11

Media and Human Rights

Week 12

Alternative Media

Books and references

IGNOU Self Learning Materials of MAJMC Course - MJM024

Instructor bio

Dr. K. S. Arul Selvan

Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi

Dr. K.S. Arul Selvan is an Associate Professor with the School of Journalism and New Media Studies, IGNOU, India. He is the Coordinator for the MA in Journalism and Mass Communication degree programme of the school. In addition to this, he manages an Appreciation Programme in Media and Information Literacy. He was a part of the MIL South Asia training workshop organized by UNESCO and was closely associated with the establishment of MILUNI (Media and Information Literacy University Network of India) in 2014 (affiliated with the GAPMIL of UNESCO). He is part of UNESCO’s international expert committee (2019) to draft global standards for MIL curricula. Dr. Arul has 13 years of media education experience in the Indian University system. Prior to that he was associated with the South Asian Online Journalism programme of the BBC World Service Trust as a trainer, mentor and project coordinator. He worked as Indian investigator on the International Federation of Journalists ’six country research programme on HIV/AIDS reporting. He is the recipient of Summer Doctoral Fellowship from Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.

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