The TV channel that will be accessed by
purchasing GO TV is a commercial TV station, thus disqualifying students from
being part of the TV directly, considering professionalism is highly required,although the
students are also encouraged to learn from it.
The students
from different schools who are pursuing media for the last years have been
training with the Moi University radio, MU FM (103.9) studio which is based in the School of Information Sciences next to the Margaret Thatcher Library.
Talking to
the Executive Producer at the radio station Mr Gilbert Lang’at he said that the number of
students coming to the studio has increased, he added that the studio has also
helped boost student’s confidence and courage thus well prepared to face the
real media industry.
All this has upgraded the status of the
school of information sciences as the students are challenged to be more alert,
this comes after students from the school of information science pursuing media
science realized that they are now under the new curriculum and there is a name
change from media science to mass media. Although this happened two years back most
students had not been informed of the same. Different opinions were given concerning this name change
others being okay insisting that the content is similar and no big difference
while others hold that the title Media Science was better as it was complex to understand
thus more prestigious than just the name Mass Media.
The producer MU FM when asked his opinion
about the name change said that the change is as a result of the feedback by the
former students who reported that there was a problem in understanding the title
media science. It is hoped the new name will aid in marketing of media students and make it easier for them to
get jobs.
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