THRUST AREAS:

• Print Journalism: News reporting, editing, investigative journalism, feature writing, and magazine journalism.
• Broadcast Journalism: Radio and television journalism, news anchoring, and electronic media production.
• Digital and Multimedia Journalism: Online journalism, social media reporting, content creation, podcasting, and data journalism.
• Advertising and Public Relations: Brand communication, corporate communication, media planning, and crisis management.
• Media Ethics and Laws: Media regulations, freedom of speech, ethical reporting, and journalistic responsibilities.
• Development Communication:Communication for social change, rural journalism, environmental journalism, and health communication.
• Film and Television Studies: Scriptwriting, film production, documentary filmmaking, and media aesthetics.
• New Media and Convergence: Artificial intelligence in media, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mobile journalism (MoJo).
• Political and International Communication: Political reporting, war journalism, diplomacy, and propaganda analysis.
• Corporate Communication and Media Management: Strategic communication, organizational media relations, and crisis communication.
• Folk Media and Traditional Communication: Study of indigenous media, folk theatre, and cultural storytelling.
• Media Research and Audience Studies: Media psychology, audience analysis, and big data in journalism.