
302A- Communication Research Methods
The course builds on the inputs from the paper 'Introduction to Research Methods' in the second semester and provides advanced insights and skills into the details of various research methods and their applications in the field of media and communication studies. The course includes the following major Modules:
- Revisiting the Methodology: Philosophical underpinnings, Concept-Construct-ODs, Hypothesis, Sampling
- Key Elements in the Broader Research Process: Steps, RD, Report
- Practices in RD: Developing RQ- Aim- Objectives, Approach
- Locating Research Question
- Developing Literature Review
- Qualitative Analysis: Values, Concepts and Process
- Quantitative Content Analysis
- Discourse Analysis
- Narrative Analysis
- Key Areas of Research in the Field of Digital Media

IFS105 : Film Technology, Economics and Distribution
Course Instructor: To be announced
The paper aims to explain the basic technologies involved in the entire
production process as well as the impact of the digital revolution on the production of films. It also
aims to explain the basics of the Film business in Indian Cinema including Production, Distribution, and Exhibition processes.

IFS103 : Perspectives on Indian Films
Course Instructor: To be announced
This course aims to introduce various academic responses, theoretical
approaches, and important critical issues in the context of Indian films. These issues and
approaches are primarily located in the mode of production, symbolic representation, and
aesthetics of Indian films. Negotiations with forces of modernity and globalization are taken up
as the central organizing axes for a variety of critical issues. The paper also traces the basic
contours of the response of state and other social institutions to Indian films in terms of support and
regulations.

IFS102 : Indian Film: Grammar & Aesthetics
Course Instructor: Samar Nakhate
This paper aims to introduce the student to the general tools of
reading cinema and the production process. It delves further into the aesthetic of the
evolving nature of Indian Cinema.

Media Audiences and Television Programming
The course CS301A - Media Audiences and Television Programming is designed to help students understand the centrality of concept of ‘audiences’ in the mass communication process. The course has three broad components namely theoretical framework, audience measurement systems and television programming. In theoretical frameworks student will be given a historical overview of development of audience and effects studies which will make students understand the theoretical complexities in studying media audiences. In second section i.e. ‘audience measurement systems’ students will be given an overview of audience measurement systems in India with special reference to television audiences. Having learnt basic of audience measurement systems students will be exposed to the practical world of television programming for GECs i.e. general entertainment channels. The unit will discuss the need, significance process and challenges associated in television programming.

MCS303A : Corporate Communication
This course aims to give a
detailed understanding of concepts of PR and Corporate Communication, starting
with its history and evolution from the field of Public Relations. It then
delves into stakeholder management, campaign strategy and management as well as
internal communications and crises management. The course also trains students
in creating PR materials as well as understanding Corporate Communication in
the context of Social Media.

MCS301B : Direction
Course Instructor: Samar Nakhate
This paper offers insights into various aspects of TV direction. It is
specifically designed around the aesthetic, technical, and collaborative aspects
of direction with the primary focus on storytelling. Narrative, visual language, and performance being the focal points,
the paper offers students a
thorough understanding of the process of production from script to screen. This production
includes fiction narratives as well as documentary films. Not just a single-camera setup, students explore the modus operandi of multi-camera setup from the directorial point of view. The course extends further to cover the project pitching
procedure as well.

Video Post-Production
The paper accustoms the students to the art of Video Editing. The
objective of the class is to familiarize the students with all the aspects of
editing and how they affect the final product. It concentrates on the
technical, conceptual, and aesthetic principles associated with the process of
editing. Practical application of the theory will be provided into the
state-of-the-art post-production studios. By the end of the paper, students
will master professional editing software like Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro
X.

IFS101 : History of Indian Cinema
Course Instructor: To be announced
This course aims to introduce the chronological evolution of the cinema
of India to the students. This will be achieved by tracing landmark events in the past 100
years while also touching upon key figures, institutions, and themes that have defined Indian
cinema over the years.

MCS105 : Radio Production
This course introduces the students to the history and growth of radio as a medium of mass communication, in India. It includes a focus on the theoretical as well as practical aspects of radio production and dissemination, while touching upon the future of the medium, beyond the radio waves such as podcasting and internet radio. The coursework includes writing and producing content for radio as well as field visit to a radio station and engagement with practitioners.