A FEATURED STORY ON THE DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION

UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR, CALABAR PRESENTED By Group 3 member

Mass communication programme a brain child of the 10th vice chancellor of the University of in giving its approval the Senate body was directed that there should be resources available for media and communication courses by the following unit (theatre and media studies, linguistic and communication studies) and should be exercised and brought under communication arts. The Senate further directed the Dean of faculty of Arts to set up a committee to harmonize the media and communication components to draft and exercise a curriculum suitable for the new child.

calabar, prof. Zana Akpagu, came into existence on the 1st of June 2017, with the appointment of Dr. Joseph Ekpang as the acting HOD. The process leading to the creation of the department began in February 2016, when the vice chancellor presented the proposal to the University senate for its establishment. The proposal was duly approved by the Senate

The committee decision was influenced by the ambiguous and non-definition nature of the name label communication Arts which was later known as mass communication. These Act involves fine and applied art, music theatre and literary studies on the other hand the term "mass communication " Conventionally embraces the broadcast and print media, photography, interment and its allows social media as well as public relations and advertising.

However, in January 2018, the department was renamed mass communication and digital media inline with the latest job requirement in media and communication technology.

To the investors the department has experience a measure of digitalization, this is event to the use of digital learning technologies with the projector, sending of notes via flash drive, phones, laptops and even willing meeting in the sound media space. Moreover, we are lagging behind on our digital dreams, after moving into our present residence no more power supply and even the projector, send of notes are long forgotten.

Although we were promised a studio but its not forth coming, some courses that need practicals are taught in theoretical ways because of no sufficient equipment like the studio and the projector this is very discouraging for most students. Even the studio building is still uncompleted till now. However, this has been a great concern as students find it difficult to relate with most courses being offered such as video and film production, multimedia writing and production as this ought to undergo practical with topics like (blight, film editing etc).

There are equipment and developments that should have a fast approach as this will contribute to the increase in the number of people admitted to the department knowing fully that the era of 21st century students are inline with technology and there will want a Programm that provides one.

To the student who wishes to apply to the department of mass communication sure there is a future for us as the new child provide us with a standard and unique from of E-learning for sure we can get a good certificate here and this department provides a platform that improves our creative thinking, skills and our talent are being projected even before we graduate. It introduce some platform for learning like canvas ( for note, assignment typing and discussion) preparing our minds for the future to become job creators. We also have great minds like our lecturers people who with make us write until we become a writer, people with great ability build ones physiology and learning capacity gives us an opportunity to express ourselves freely in public, we undergo practicals in courses like video and film production we also go to media houses for like (Hit FM, CRBC) to improve our learning capacity outside the four walls of the University.