Abstract: Emotional intelligence is a collection of non-cognitive abilities, skills and competencies which influence one’s ability to succeed in life. People need emotional intelligence to make use of the full potential of their talents. Journalese is a misused language that appears in newspapers but not in real life. The purpose of the study was to estimate the relationship between emotional intelligence and the proficiency in journalistic English of the students of journalism and mass communication degree course. To a stratified sample of 60 students of journalism, a standardized scale in emotional intelligence was given to measure their level of emotional intelligence. They were also tested for their proficiency in journalistic English. The results proved that there was no significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and journalistic English. Most of the boys and girls of the journalism course in Srm University, Chennai have high level of emotional intelligence and their proficiency in journalese is also high.
Keywords: Cognitive Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Journalese, Emotional Quotient, Intelligence Quotient, Cliché.
Title: The Emotional Intelligence and Proficiency in Journalistic English
Author: Rajendran Muthiah, Dr. Bharathi Krishnakumar
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3164 (online), ISSN 2348-3156 (Print)
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