Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Mass Media and Communication

Question:

Assertion: The structure and content of mass media is shaped by changes in the economic, political and socio-cultural contexts.
Reasoning: The relationship between mass media and communication with society is not dialectical.

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Assertion (A) is false but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Correct Answer:

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Explanation:

It is important to go back a little and sketch out the growth of modern mass media in the world and in India. This helps us realise that like any other social institution the structure and content of mass media is shaped by changes in the economic, political and socio-cultural contexts.

The relationship between mass media and communication with society is dialectical.