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Society and Media

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Society and Media

The Society and Media expert programme by Swayam will introduce you to the consequences of media on the societal structure. You will be able to identify the possibilities for developing the community through media, and the future challenges affecting it. Additionally, this course will help you understand the conflict arising between the dominant and alternative paradigms. 

The Society and Media certification course will foster an interdisciplinary understanding which will widen your perspective. Thus, you will develop an understanding of the contemporary trends emerging within the society and in the media. 

You will become a certified expert after you complete the Society and Media curriculum. The external and internal assessments will help make you certificate-worthy. Moreover, your training will be for 40 hours, spread over 15 weeks, so that you have enough time to grasp the concepts succinctly. 

The Society and Media certification course does not charge a registration fee, and any UG certificate holder can register. Candidates interested in social science research and social entrepreneurship can sign up for the course.

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15 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Sociology
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Gender Representation in the Media

This course by Future Learn will set in motion the idea of observing the key gender issues in society. You will gradually study the involvement of women or female representation in sectors such as news, sports, films, shows, etc., and also discover that still the involvements are far more suppressed. 

The topics that will be covered in this course are first, key concepts and definitions about various topics, to bring the things to your pace and media monitoring in terms of facts and fiction. With advancement, you will learn and explore politics, violence, sports, sexualization & body image, feminist media, where women play a critical part in everyday life.

The course is focused to unearth the relationship between the media & gender, in parallel shadows of inequalities such as race, age, sexuality, and disability. Anyone who wants to pursue Media Science or anyone with interests in gender inequality, female media representation, media studies, feminist activism, and feminist analysis. You may start the course right now, and after completion, you will have a clear knowledge of analysing, supervising, monitoring & investigating the media sector through a gendered lens and equality mindset. The course is developed by the University of Strathclyde.

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7 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of gender studies

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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg via Edx
Certificate

Activism and Citizen Journalism through Media

The media is a powerful tool for promoting social justice. The Activism and Citizen Journalism through Media programme will provide valuable information and guidance to individuals for using media to create awareness for social causes. Individuals will learn how to practise ethical and safe media practices.

Activism and Citizen Journalism through Media by edX will provide in-depth information on how to identify a newsworthy story and how to create and assess the impact it creates. It will also guide you on how to zero-in on appropriate platforms to publicise a story. This is a short-term course with a duration of four weeks.

Activism and Citizen Journalism through Media is an introductory course in Communication and requires no prerequisites to join. It is the result of a collaboration between edX and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wit University), Johannesburg. The educators consist of an experienced panel of faculty from Wits. The course also offers a verified certificate for students who successfully complete the course.

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4 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Reporting skills

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Davidson College, Davidson via Edx
Certificate

The Story of Fake News

2 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Fake News Facts and Alternative Facts

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Fake News Facts and Alternative Facts

1 Weeks
Beginner
Free

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