Syllabus
Unit I
Management concept – Principles of Management – Factors influencing Management decision in media – Structure and characteristics of media organizations – Newspapers and Magazines, Radio, Television, Cinema – Ownership in Media Industries – Merits and de-merits.
Unit II
Economics of newspaper – Advertising vs circulation – Management problems of small, medium, large newspapers: gathering, processing, printing, circulation, distribution, advertising, professionalism, tradeunionism, News room diversity.
Unit III
Economics and Administrative concerns of government owned electronic media-market driven media:private channels – Social commitment vs Profit making.
Unit IV
Economics of film Industry – creativity, production, marketing distribution, exhibition, ownership vs piracy.
Unit V
News agencies and syndicates: Ownership and organization structures – committees to study the problemsof various media in India.