How is the digital transformation affecting traditional businesses in India? Write a feature article that explores the challenges and innovations experienced by these businesses as they navigate the shift to digital. Include case studies or interviews to provide a human angle to the story.

Select a recent major news event and compare its coverage in two news outlets of an Indian language. Analyze how language influences the framing of the story, the choice of words, and the overall narrative

Examine a recent Indian film that has sparked significant public discourse. How does the film's portrayal of a particular social issue reflect or challenge existing societal norms and values? Discuss the film's impact on public perception and dialogue surrounding the issue, considering the influence of film as a medium in shaping social consciousness.

. Identify a prominent social issue that has been the focus of a recent marketing campaign. Critically evaluate how marketing communication has been applied in this campaign. Discuss the impact of these strategies on public perception.

Considering what you have learned about media ownership, select a recent case where media ownership significantly influenced the coverage of a major event or shaped a media trend. How did the ownership structure impact the narrative, and what does this reveal about the relationship between media ownership and journalistic practice.

In light of a prominent theory or model in journalism and mass communication, critically analyze a significant media event or trend from the past year. How does this event or trend illustrate or challenge the chosen theory? Provide specific examples and insights in your analysis.

Personal data created by individuals using the internet creates both footprints and fingerprints. Discuss how data-matching on the internet poses new legal and ethical issues for media platforms and practitioners. [Data matching means the use of personal information given in one context (or held on one database) with data given (or held) in another]

Reading news and seeing gory photographs of riots, wars or accidents can be mentally harassing for the audience. Nevertheless, such reporting is essential from a journalistic view. Is there a need to educate journalists on Trauma Literacy for responsible reporting of accidents or riots? Justify your answer.

Fake news and rumour-mongering have become a menace due to the lack of gatekeeping across social media. What, in your opinion, should be the ethical code of self-adherence to reduce the spread of such unidentified news?

Discuss the role of codes of ethics in journalism as a professional practice, examining its problematic and positive aspects and whether codes are the most effective way of securing ethical media practice without unduly restraining practitioners

Private news channels are often criticised for carrying out sting operations unethically. What are the ethical practices and laws governing the use of hidden cameras and recordings without a person's consent and knowledge? Discuss your answer in light of any recent example.

Check the privacy settings of the social networking site of your choice and list its salient features.

Identify ten open-source software for any five computing applications. Give relevant details regarding its commercial alternatives, download links, and product information.

Internet Gender Gap - explore this factor in the national context compared to the international scenario. Give relevant examples.

With the help of any data portal (for example, ITU data portal or a similar one), traces the growth of internet users of any five countries. Compare and contrast it regarding reach, penetration level, mobile connectivity, and broadband connectivity about various social factors like gender and age etc.

Refer to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 [https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/] and Identify any five online newspapers you choose. Analyse the respective website's compatibility with WCAG 2.1 and prepare a report based on your observations.

Identify any three hyperlocal online newspapers. Analyse their news operations, the context of their operations and content categories. The word limit is 400.

Identify five social media influencers in the field of climate change. Observe their social media handles for three months and write your report. The word limit is 400.

Explore and understand Sustainable Development Goal 5 B - Women's Empowerment through ICT. Trace the efforts taken by various stakeholders in the past seven years (from 2015 to 2023).

Identify Information Technology policies from two different countries. Compare and contrast the aims and objectives of the respective media policies.