Ashoka University’s department of Media Studies guides students to become responsible and creative professionals while undertaking any form of media work. The Media Studies courses are designed to inform, educate and transform students into memorable storytellers while keeping them synchronized with different layers of the media function in contemporary times. The undergraduate minor in Media Studies programme offers systematic training in technical skills which assist students in constructing and deconstructing media products. The Media Studies programme’s faculty members nurture the desire of responsible and creative expression in the students
Ashoka University’s Department of Media Studies offers undergraduate programmes which teach students to become responsible and creative media…
Ashoka University offers a year-long Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Studies and Research (DipASR) to students who have completed…
The department of Media Studies is full of innovative thinkers and practitioners who teach students how media ethics, law, context and history decide the final media output. The media studies faculty members explore topics on popular culture, contemporary art controversies, experimental literature and the relationship between media and politics.
The Media Lab is the space for all Media Production courses, run by the Media Studies Department at Ashoka. A K Ranjit is a hands-on Instructor who oversees the Media Lab functions on a daily basis as Director, Media Lab. He is supported by Bookkeeper & Store Manager Rakesh Antil. The Media Lab has production and post-production equipment. First priority is given to UG students doing courses which run out of the Media Lab and then to students doing other Media Studies courses. No equipment is available for use by outsiders visiting Ashoka. The Media Lab Booking Form is required to be filled by all who want to book any of the facilities of the Media Lab. Please write to medialab@ashoka.edu.in or visit Media Lab: AC02, 1st Floor, Room Number 111 in person to know more.
The Media Studies Department engages in unique partnerships with Ashoka University’s various research centres to create the possibility of collaborative research and production projects, and interdisciplinary media courses and material.
The Department of Media Studies at Ashoka University recently organised a Media Fest that enabled students to engage and interact…
Renowned journalist Neha Dixit pens a striking piece on how journalistic efforts are the pillars to safeguard freedom of expression…
A comprehensive research study on Indian media’s reportage of rape and sexual violence
Lionel Barber, Editor of the Financial Times, spoke on the Future of Quality Journalism.
An insight into the power of cinema and emphasis on education through Media at Ashoka.
Siddharth Varadarajan, who is the Founding Editor of The Wire, paid a visit to Ashoka University on Tuesday, November 29th.
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