Journalism and Communication.

  Press this button to release the shutter.  The shutter button press has two stages:  Half-pressing the button activates the AF function,  while pressing it down fully releases the shutter. This is the section that connects the interchangeable lens to the camera body. To attach the lens, you line up the lens mount index  on the lens with the corresponding one on the lens mount and turn the lens clockwise until you hear a click. Lens Mount Index Align the mark on the lens with this mark when you are attaching or detaching a lens. Red index : For EF lenses (Can be used on both Canon full-frame and APS-C DSLRs) White index : For EF-S lenses (Can be used on Canon APS-C DSLRs) Press this button when you want to detach the lens. The lens lock pin retracts when the button is pressed, enabling you to turn the lens freely. Before shooting, lock the lens into place by turning it until you hear a click. The mirror is unique to DSLR cameras. It reflects light from the lens into the viewfinder, wh

  News is an update on the happening around us. As the terms suggests News is any newpiece of information. It can be the details on a current event, on going projects or it can be on future projects.  A newspaper publishes the back ground information, analyses and criticizes the details to interpret it for the society. There is something called “news worthiness”. There are several factors that decide the news worthiness of news.  They are  1. RELEVANCE How important is the news for the audience is an important question. An event of Canada might be irrelevant news for an Indian who would prefer a more local news. The news should be of a current issue.  2. TIMELINESS : Recent event or upcoming events are likely to be news.  3. IMPORTANCE, IMPACT OR CONSEQUENC E. How important is the news to the reader. Issues of social concern come under this category.  4. PROMINENCE : The news of public figures are likely to be of interest than non-public figures.  5. PREDICTABILITY : Certain events

 Newspapers usually have a panel of specialists who write book reviews. The reviewer must have in depth knowledge of the subject and should be able to assess the book in terms of its impact on the reader The main task of the reviewer is to report of the content , the approach and the scope of the work for the benefit of the readers. The book review should contain a brief description of the book and a short account of the author. The book review should tell the reader whether a book is worth reading and the review should be unbiased. An ideal review should give an overview of the book to the readers and an evaluation based on the readers taste and experience.  T he opening paragraph of the Book review should grab audience attention. The passage can be conversational in tone.  It can be slightly provocative to compel the reader to read. The body of the review is a series of short paragraphs on the book and author.    The total review should be 500 to 1,000 words.  Full bibliographic

 Article analyses, interprets and provides arguments for and against an idea.  The Article provides back ground information, present an update condition and goes on to predict the future.  Articles usually provide some important information, interpret a trend, analyze the situation and predict the future of a particular issue Accuracy and consistency are needed because credibility is the prime quality of an Article.   An Article  Gives information  Interpret a recent trend Analyze a current situation  Attempt to predict the future of a particular issue. STRUCTURE OF AN ARTICLE  An article should have headline,  introduction,  body and conclusion HEADLINE : The headline should be attractive and should clearly state the topic of discussion.  INTRODUCTION : the Introduction is the Lead paragraph presenting the topic.  BODY : The Body of the article analyses and interprets the topic.  CONCLUSION : The conclusion of the article can be a summing up or a prediction of the future of the to

  Point of view in fiction refers to the source and scope of the narrative voice.   Point of view refers to:  “where an author chooses to stand in relation to his characters and action”  or  “The angle from which a writer allows readers to view his characters and action”.    T he Writer and The Narrator Narrators are not t he Writer . You must be able to differentiate between the writer and the narrator. They are two different things. The writer is a real, living, breathing person who invents or constructs or creates the narrator. The narrator can be also called the persona. There are two main categories of points of view an author can adopt.  First person and  Third person.  First person narration can consist of major and minor characters' viewpoint. It is important to remember that narrators are fictional constructs. That is, they are not real people. First Person Point of View In the first person point of view, that is, the author gives the role of narrator to a character in the