Society and Media

This course titled “Society and Media” primarily deals with understanding the two-way flow of how media as an institution has played a significant role in the shaping of the society and what are the important spheres of its change and similarly how with the evolution of society to a different stage has affected media as an institution and pushed for its development to newer forms. The principal aim of this course is to create an interdisciplinary understanding among the students in terms of correlating the crucial social concepts of society and media and providing the students a wider perspective in terms of relating the process of change within the society with media and the transformation of media as a medium and tool with the evolution of society. The students will also be made familiar with the contemporary trends within the society which have emerged due to media interaction and the nature of challenges and issues that are associated with it. Most importantly, the students will be subjected to different critical spheres which have been the significant attributes for change within the society through media. The students from this course will be able to better comprehend the existing patterns of social and economic change and will be able to relate and approach the phenomena from a multi-dimensional perspective. Level: Postgraduate Course Type: Elective Duration: 15 Weeks Start Date (Enrollment): 01 Jun 2020 End Date (Enrollment): 31 Aug 2020 Start Date (Course): 15 Jul 2020End Date(Course): 30 Oct 2020Exam Date: 15 Nov 2020   Course Coordinator: Dr Durgesh Tripathi Teaching Assistants 1. Priyanka Sachdeva 2. Namit Vikram Singh