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प्रश्न
Media acts as an agency of social change. Explain.
उत्तर
Media includes various means of communication such as newspapers, magazines, television, radio, films, CD’s, video games, etc. It is also known as mass media as it reaches a large number of people. It acts as an important agency of bringing about social change as :
- It helps in forming a public opinion regarding various spheres of life, viz., politics, fashion, economy, society, etc.
- It disseminates information about what’s happening around different parts of the world.
- People gain information through media and try to emulate it in their own lives, for example, information about the latest fashion trend in the west easily spreads through the mass media and gets adopted by eastern countries.
- Media is also sensitizing people about the laws, governmental policies and programs, sanitation, various incurables diseases, and their remedies, etc.
- It is making people aware of the degrading environment, global warming, etc.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer briefly the following questions :
What is meant by Mass Media ?
Answer the following question briefly:
Mention two negative effects of mass media.
Define mass media. Discuss various types of mass media.
Answer the following question briefly:
Explain the term ‘multiple possessory rights’.
Write the full form of RTI.
What is the mode of communication that reaches a large section of the population at the same time called?
State any two advantages of the Mass Media.
Give any one negative aspect of Mass Media.
Discuss any four positive aspects of Mass Media in relation to social change.
