BA Journalism and Mass Communication at MGM College of Arts and Science, Kaniyapuram Offline Course

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Journalism and Mass Communication is a full-time three-year undergraduate degree course offered by the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.

The Department of Mass Communication is offering education and training in journalism and mass communication. The department’s diversified curriculum covering Convergent Journalism, TV News & Current Affairs Production, Film & Cultural Studies, Science & Health Communication, and Media and environment offers an edge to its students. It concentrates on developing a critical understanding of the role of the media in contemporary times. The media’s functioning, and its intersections with contemporary society, polity, economy and culture are primary areas of its research concerns. The department engages itself with the constituting and determining factors of media such as its social, regional and language base, commercialization and profit motive, institutionalization and organizational scale, media institutions and media houses, infotainment content and search for alternative niches through new media etc. It promotes inter-disciplinary approaches to study and assess the evolution, role, relevance and impact of media in India. Towards this purpose, it engages closely with scholars working in this field in allied schools and institutions.