CUET Mass Communication Revised Syllabus 2026: Check Topic-wise Syllabus

Unit

Topics

1. Communication

(i) Understanding Communication

Levels of communication, models of communication

(ii) Culture and Communication

What is culture? Relationship between culture and mass media; communication in the cultural context; media as a vehicle of cultural transmission; representation and stereotyping in Mass Media.

(iii) Communication and Social Change Social change: meaning; media as a catalyst for social change (with examples of various social movements).

(iv) Evolution of the Media

History of Newspapers, Radio & Television in India and New Media

2. Journalism

(i) Understanding news

Definition, news values, components of news

(ii) Qualities of a good Journalist

An understanding of the following: a nose for news, inquisitiveness, language skills, trustworthiness and empathy,

(iii) Reporting and Editing techniques: Inverted Pyramid, 5W’s &1 H, Headlines, Copy editing

(iv) Photo Journalism

Importance of photos, captions, visual depiction, photo essays

(v) Media Laws & Ethical Issues in Journalism

A brief understanding of each of the following with examples: sensationalism, fake news, paid news, plagiarism, advertorials, partisan reporting, and sting operations, defamation, freedom of speech and expression, law and the media

3. Advertising and Public Relations

A. Advertising

(i) Advertising concepts & process,

(ii) Functions of Advertising,

(iii) Types of Advertising (Cross promotions, Merchandise, Convert Advertising),

(iv) Forms of Advertising

(v) Advertising campaigns

B. Public Relations

(i) Understanding PR and media management

(ii) Building Brand Image a

(iii) Tools and Steps in PR; PR campaigns (iv) Crisis Management

(v) Responsibility of a PRO

4. TV Production Process and Programmes

(i) Pre-production, Production, Post-production Stage.

(ii) Programs, Formats, Audiences

5. Radio

(i) Writing for Radio

Characteristics of a Radio Script conversational language, active voice, simple sentences, avoidance of technical jargons, and capability of creating imageries (ii) Radio Recording

Brief understanding of the radio studio and transmission equipment: types of microphones; amplifier, sound mixer, speakers; audio recording.

6. Cinema

(i) History of Cinema

A brief understanding of the early experiments done by the following: Lumiere Brothers, John Grierson, Robert Flaherty, and Dada Saheb Phalke.

(ii) Production process and Cinema Genres

Production process and stages in film and documentary making. Defining genre theory: an understanding of the various types of genres (with suitable examples): action, westerns, comedy, crime, drama, fantasy/sci-fi, historical, animation, romance, and musical.

(iii) Cinema and Social Change: Parallel Cinema movement in India

Issues depicted and low-budget production process (with reference to examples such as Shyam Benegal’s Manthan).

7. Social Media

a. Definition of social media.

b. Types of social media platforms---social networking, blogging, photo and video sharing

c. Role of social media in a democracy. Role of social media in creating collective identities with reference to sharing of information; cyber activism (with suitable examples)

d. Cyber Crime. An understanding of online bullying, stalking, trolling, and online frauds.

e. Netiquettes. Meaning and importance of netiquettes; an understanding of netiquettes such as: identification of oneself; respect for others’ privacy, use of appropriate language and imagery; and do not spam.

Subject

Number of Questions

Marks for each question

Maximum Marks

Sociology

50

+5

250