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Compulsory subjects and post-related subjects for professional and technical cadres. Confirm the applicable subject code in the recruitment notice.
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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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MASS COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM
(POST RELATED)
Subject Code: 321
Total Marks-200
Part-I
Marks-100
(a) Journalism.
(i) Aims, objectives, functions, nature & scope;
(ii) Terminology;
(iii) Contents of Newspaper.
(b) News.
(i) Definitions, elements, functions & types;
(ii) News value, News sense, News analysis.
(c) Reporting.
(i) News gathering and writing;
(ii) News structure;
(iii) Reporting: types & writing;
(iv) Lead: types & writing;
(v) Interview: types & writing;
(vi) Practical report writing excercise based on information/setting to be provided in the
question paper;
(vii) Parliamentary reporting: terminology, importance of parliamentary reporting, bill & it s
passage in parliament.
(d) Editing.
(i) News room: functions;
(ii) Art of selection, correction, compression & improvement of news;
(iii) Headline: types & writing;
(iv) Make-up-types & functions.
(e) Law relating to Journalism.
(i) Defamation: libel & slander;
(ii) Contempt of court;
(iii) Copyright.
(f) Ethics of Journalism.
(g) Pressures on the Press
(h) Role & responsibilities of the Press.
(i) History of Journalism in Bangladesh (since 1947).
(j) Radio & Television Journalism.
(k) Publicity, Public Relations & Propaganda.
(l) Handout, Press release and Press note.
(m) Editorial.
(n) Feature.