What is the difference between journalism and mass communication?

Hello Alok Raj,

So talking about your query which requires the difference between Journalism and Mass Communication, well both the words are the two sides of the same coin.

Journalism, on one hand, means spreading of different information to different people at different time intervals whereas, the word Mass Communication simply means communicating with the mass that is a lot of people and at the same time.

Examples of Mass Communication include: Radio, Television, Newspapers, etc.

Examples of Journalism include: Public Service Announcements (PSA's), Commercials, Radio Jingles, Brochures, etc.

Hoped You've been cleared with the concepts of both the words.

For any further query feel free to ask.

All the best!

Mass Communication and Journalism both are the mediums of connecting with the large number of people through television, radios, newspapers, magazines, blogs and other public domains. Though both these sectors are involed in similar works but are much dis-similar with each other.

Mass Communication is a method/technique of communicating and increasing awareness among the larger number of people. Before the introduction of Mass communication, people used to manually communicate with each other which was very limited and time taking. Each person can only communicate and spread message to a few people. But with the introduction of mass media channels like radios and televisions, the process of communicating became so much faster and time consuming. With the introduction of mass communication, people became able to spread their views, messages, easily to a large number of people. The advertisement of companies also became easier with the introduction of mass media channels. Companies became able to promote their products and services in the form of advertisements which was earlier not possible. Some of the important mediums of mass communication are Newspapers, Radios, Tevelevision, Magazines, Blogs, Social Media, and more.

Journalism i s not a separate field but it is a part of mass communication. It is the process of communicating with large number of people in the form of written articles, news, stories in newspapers and magazines. The person who collect and write these information are known as "Journalists". In the past times, there were only two mediums for journalism: newspapers and magazines. But with the introduction of technology, Internet has become the major place for journalists where the articles and news can be easily shared and spread among a large number of people. Digitalisation has brought a large number of people on internet and so now not only newspapers and magazines are a place for journalists but the online blogging sites and social medias can also help in spreading the news among large number of people.

I hope I was able to provide you the best information about the difference between Journalism and Mass Communication. In case of any further queries, please feel free to respond me.

Happy Learning!

-Ayush

Hello Alok,

A lot of people talk about Mass Communication and Journalism in the same breath, failing to understand that the two, while closely related, are not the same.

The major differences between mass communication and journalism on the basic tenets of course structure, colleges, degrees and career opportunities.

Mass Communication, just as the name implies, impacts masses. How? Starting from radio, TV, news, magazines to the Internet, social media, films; any platform that is used to spread messages, opinions, news and entertainment to the masses (a large group of people) comes under the purview of Mass Communication.
Journalism, on the other hand, revolves mainly around communicating news to people, be it any strata – politics, economics, business, science, sports or entertainment news.
Mass Communication and Journalism are two different aspects of the same thing, to quite an extent. Mass Communication is an umbrella term that includes many fields such as Advertising, Event Management, Public Relations, etc., one of which is Journalism.

Thank you