The Mass Communication Department of Bayero University Kano (BUK)
has been finally upgraded to Faculty of Communication and Media Studies
according to the head of department, Dr. Balarabe Maikaba.
Dr. Maikaba, who made the disclosure at
the mock Annual General Meeting with 300 level students of the
department, said that the faculty comprises of three departments namely;
Journalism: which refers to the aggregating, writing, editing and
presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution,
typically in electronic publications and broadcast news media, for the
purpose of informing the audience.
The second department is Mass
Communication: which is collectively the communication media, especially
television, radio and newspapers.
And finally Visual Arts Studies: which
mostly relates to the vision in a motive/theatre or an element of
something that depends on sight. For instance, an image, a picture, and a
graphic that is usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
He said the reason for the upgrading is to provide students with critical knowledge and techniques of their course of study.
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