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Courses for Defence Personnel
Course for Middle Level Officers (Majors and
Lt. Colonels)
| Duration : |
2 week |
| Participants : |
30 middle level officers (Majors
and Lt. Colonels and equivalent ranks in other services) - average
service 20 years |
| Period : |
One course in October, each year. |
| Fee : |
Rs. 5000/- per partipant |
| Aim : |
To give practical exposure to Army
Officers deployed on active duty, about the role and functions of
the print and electronic media. |
Thrust areas/topics covered :
- Army media policy.
- Right to communicate.
- Media scene in India and futuristic trends.
- Communication processes and public opinion.
- Media and the Armed Forces.
- Image and perception management.
- Reporting of armed conflict.
- Internal communication.
- Role of media in war and reporting on war.
- Conduct of a Press Conference, and how to issue a Press release.
- TV interviews/facing a camera and interviewing techniques.
- Government/official media and how they function.
- Media environment and decision making.
- Role of media in militancy/insurgency.
- Regional/language press.
- Foreign media in India and how they function.
- News agencies.
- Psychological operations and role of media.
- Media in a conflict situation.
- Information, mis-information and dis-information.
- PR and Communication.
- Defense PRO - role and function.
- Concept of a newspaper - newspaper set up and production.
- TV news concept and current affairs programming.
- History of press, press laws and media ethics.
- Press Council of India and its role and functions.
- Autonomy of mass media, Prasar Bharti Act, etc.
- Defense reporting and defense writing.
- Globlization and its effect on Armed Forces.
- Human Rights.
- New trends in media, including use of Internet, e-mail, etc.
- Practical exercises and field visits to media units.
- Information war.
- Areas covered in Generals officers course.
METHODOLOGY
Lectures, discussions, practical sessions by own and guest faculty and
senior service officers and field visits. |
