media questions

Extra questions of civics chapter media

Q1 What is media?

Everything ranging from the stall at the local fair to the programme that you see on TV can be called media. Media is the plural form of the word ‘medium’ and it describes the various ways through which we communicate in society.

Q2. What are mass media? The forms of media that reaches millions of people, or the masses, across the country and the world and, thus, they are called mass media.
Q3 Give any 2 examples of electronic media.

 Television, Radio
Q4 Give any 2 examples of print media.

Newspaper, Magazine
 Q5 How does the changing technology affect media?

 Changing technology, or machines, and making technology more modern, helps media to reach more people. It also improves the quality of sound and the images that we see.

Q6.What are the different sources through which the media makes money?

 One way in which the mass media earns money is by advertising different things like cars, chocolates, clothes, mobile phones, etc.

 The second way by which media makes money is by becoming a part of big business houses.

Q7. What is a balanced report?

A balanced report is one that discusses all points of view of a particular story and then leaves it to the readers to make up their minds.

Q8.  What is independent media?

An independent media means that no one should control and influence its coverage of news. No one should tell the media what can be included and what should not be included in a news story.

Q9 What role do the media play in a democracy?

 In a democracy, the media plays a very important role in providing news and discussing events taking place in the country and the world.

It is on the basis of this information that citizens can, for example, learn how government works. And often, if they wish to, they can take action on the basis of these news stories.

Q!0. How has the television technology changed our world?

 Changing technology, or machines, and making technology more modern, helps media to reach more people.

 It also changes the ways in which we think about our lives. Television has enabled us to think of ourselves as members of a larger global world. Television images travel huge distances through satellites and cables. It has brought the world closer to us.