Department of Journalism and Mass Communication

About the Department

History and Profile

The Department of Journalism & Mass Communication was established in 2012 with the recruitment of three Assistant Professors with different areas of interest and specialization. The Department is under the School of Economics, Management and Information Sciences.

The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at North-Eastern Hill University was established in 2012 with the recruitment of three Assistant Professors with different areas of interest and specialization. The Department is under the School of Economics, Management and Information Sciences.

Experienced and Affable faculty members, Guest Lecturers and the various student centric events and programmes that it offers, makes it the most sought after department for Media and Communication studies in the North-Eastern Region.

The Department offers programmes leading to Masters and Doctoral degrees. Its geographical and cultural position combined with the faculty members’ diverse interests in various fields makes it a hub for various national and international students. Students also benefit from a steady flow of scholars in all areas related to the discipline.

Master’s Programme (Journalism and Mass Communication)

The department offers post-graduate programme with a judicious mix of theory and skill, but with different emphases–one of which would be primarily focused on critical media practice and the other directed towards theory and research.

This two-year programme opens students to an array of media skills and practices, ranging from writing to audio-visual and digital media production, preparing them for jobs in the media industry or for independent media practice. Courses under this specialization build on a foundation of media and communication theory while equipping students with the skills, techniques and understanding to function in a variety of media roles, from content creation to dissemination to management in the rapidly converging newer media ecosystems.

Ph.D (Journalism and Mass Communication)

The Department offers a Doctoral Programme in Communication as per UGC norms.

Research students will be required to complete course work before taking up their research work.

Currently, the department encourages research in:

• Communication and social change
• Community media
• Historical and cultural studies of media
• Political Communication
• Performative Communication
• Orality and Folkloristic Media Practices
• Film and Cinema Studies
• Political Economy of Media
• Religion and Media

Besides pursuing their research, Ph.D scholars get opportunities to participate in a number of seminars, workshops, interactive sessions with visiting professors, part-time teaching assignments & work on other projects.