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Difference between Mass Communication and journalism?


Radhika Gawande 10th Feb, 2019
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Ronak Dass 14th Feb, 2019

Mass Communication basically starts from radio, magazine, internet or social media.It is a platform that is used to spread messages, opinions, news and entertainment to a group of people. Mass communication include many fields like Advertising, Event Management etc.

In mass communication, there are many different types of courses like advertising, public relation, journalism, content writing, film making, photography, media history, event management, history, politics.

For mass communication there are various types of job opportunities like

  • Advertisement and Branding
  • Film Making
  • Video Editing
  • Photography
  • Public Relations
  • Radio Jockey, Video Jockey
  • Journalism
  • Content Writing and Development
  • Event Management
  • Wedding Planning
  • Creative Direction
  • Sound Mixing and Recording

On the other hand,

J ournalism is mainly communicating news to people. It can be any news                                        politics, business, science, sports or entertainment news.Basically Journalism                                  works in three steps-

  • Gathering data or news
  • Editing it
  • Validating it

Then the news is broadcasted to the masses through both print and electronic media. Print media includes newspaper and magazine. Electronic media includes TV, radio and even internet.

There are different courses for journalism like introduction to journalism, history to journalism, various medium to communicate news(magazine, newspaper, radio, internet), news collection, news reporting, writing, editing, circulation of news.

And various type of job opportunities are there for journalism after pursuing a degree which are

  • TV news reporter
  • Newspaper Reporter News Editor
  • Proofreader
  • Content Developer
  • Digital Media Journalist
  • News Presenter
  • Photo journalist
  • Translator
  • News Presenter
  • Camera Manager
  • Creative Designer
  • Researcher
  • Producer
  • Set Manager


Kshitij Anand 14th Feb, 2019

HI


Mass Communication and Journalism is like Films and Documentary. Looks similar but way different (as in terms of set, scripts, shots etc).


Mass Communication is a broader term, which deals with communicating to the masses through communication mediums. This includes media ( or mediums) like print, radio, television, web and production etc.


Whereas, Journalism, is an art of gathering news (real news from any sector, including different beats like politics, science, education, entertainment, investigation etc), packaging it (with facts, data, pictures etc) and disseminating it through mediums of mass communication (explained above).


This is the difference. Seems similar yet apart.


Hope this clarifies!

rohan 11th Feb, 2019

Mass Communication means when a particular type of information is transmitted to a large numbers of people. It can be through television, internet, magazines, radio, etc.

Journalism means writing for print or electronic media. It is an occupation through which the writing, editing and broadcasting of information takes place through television, magazines, etc.

Hope this is helpful to you.Mass Communication means when a particular type of information is transmitted to a large numbers of people. It can be through television, internet, magazines, radio, etc.

Journalism means writing for print or electronic media. It is an occupation through which the writing, editing and broadcasting of information takes place through television, magazines, etc.

Hope this is helpful to you.Mass Communication means when a particular type of information is transmitted to a large numbers of people. It can be through television, internet, magazines, radio, etc.

Journalism means writing for print or electronic media. It is an occupation through which the writing, editing and broadcasting of information takes place through television, magazines, etc.

Hope this is helpful to you.Mass Communication means when a particular type of information is transmitted to a large numbers of people. It can be through television, internet, magazines, radio, etc.

Journalism means writing for print or electronic media. It is an occupation through which the writing, editing and broadcasting of information takes place through television, magazines, etc.

Hope this is helpful to you.Mass Communication means when a particular type of information is transmitted to a large numbers of people. It can be through television, internet, magazines, radio, etc.

Journalism means writing for print or electronic media. It is an occupation through which the writing, editing and broadcasting of information takes place through television, magazines, etc.

Hope this is helpful to you.Mass Communication means when a particular type of information is transmitted to a large numbers of people. It can be through television, internet, magazines, radio, etc.

Journalism means writing for print or electronic media. It is an occupation through which the writing, editing and broadcasting of information takes place through television, magazines, etc.

Hope this is helpful to you.Mass Communication means when a particular type of information is transmitted to a large numbers of people. It can be through television, internet, magazines, radio, etc.

Journalism means writing for print or electronic media. It is an occupation through which the writing, editing and broadcasting of information takes place through television, magazines, etc.

Hope this is helpful to you.Mass Communication means when a particular type of information is transmitted to a large numbers of people. It can be through television, internet, magazines, radio, etc.

Journalism means writing for print or electronic media. It is an occupation through which the writing, editing and broadcasting of information takes place through television, magazines, etc.

Hope this is helpful to you.Mass Communication means when a particular type of information is transmitted to a large numbers of people. It can be through television, internet, magazines, radio, etc.

kashishjuneja2000_8032841 Student Expert 10th Feb, 2019

Mass Communication means when a particular type of information is transmitted to a large numbers of people. It can be through television, internet, magazines, radio, etc.

journalism means writing for print or electronic media. It is an occupation through which the writing, editing and broadcasting of information takes place through television, magazines, etc.

hope this is helpful to you.

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