WBCHSE Journalism study guide
WBCHSE Journalism · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
WBCHSE Journalism (also listed as Journalism and Mass Communication) is a Higher Secondary elective offered under the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. It suits Class XI–XII students who want a first structured grounding in how news is gathered, written, edited and published, and who may be considering a degree or career in media, advertising, public relations or corporate communication. The WBCHSE Journalism study guide has 8 sections and about 2,460 words.
01Introduction to Journalism and Mass Communication
This introductory domain checks whether you can distinguish journalism from mass communication and use basic communication models to describe real media texts. It covers definitions, the communication process, functions of mass media, and the vocabulary of the fourth estate.
326 words, about 2 min02History and Development of Journalism in India and West Bengal
This domain examines the growth of the Indian press from colonial Calcutta to the digital era, with close attention to Bengal's role. Expect dates, founders, newspaper names and the laws that shaped them.
332 words, about 2 min03News: Concepts, Values, and Reporting
This domain tests whether you can define news, identify news values and report an event accurately under deadline pressure. It rewards precise terminology and defensible editorial judgement.
305 words, about 2 min04Writing and Editing for Print Media
This domain assesses your ability to write clean copy and edit it to a house style: leads, headlines, captions, structure and proofreading. Inverted pyramid: most newsworthy fact first, then details, then background.
302 words, about 2 min05Electronic and Digital Media
This domain covers radio, television and digital news: their grammar, production vocabulary and the editorial problems created by speed and convergence. Radio is a 'blind' medium: immediacy, intimacy, sound effects, voice modulation and the theatre of the mind.
291 words, about 1 min06Advertising and Public Relations
This domain distinguishes paid persuasion (advertising) from relationship management (public relations) and tests your ability to produce basic copy and PR material. Advertising is paid, non-personal, identifiable promotion by a sponsor.
288 words, about 1 min07Media Law, Ethics, and Society
This domain tests your grasp of the legal limits on publication and the ethical standards that govern gathering and presentation of news. Article 19(1)(a) guarantees freedom of speech and expression; 19(2) permits reasonable restrictions on grounds including sovereignty and integrity, security of the state, public order, decency or morality, contempt of court, defamation and incitement to an offence.
309 words, about 2 min08Practical Work and Internal Assessment
This domain assesses the file, project and viva work through which you demonstrate reporting, writing, design and presentation skills. It rewards process evidence-notes, drafts, sources and reflection-not a last-minute scrapbook.
307 words, about 2 min