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Understanding Propaganda and Manipulation of Representations

Assertion (A): Propaganda in the broadest sense is the technique of influencing human action by manipulation of representations.

Assertion (A): Media language generates and constitutes the social world. Reason (R): Because it is not merely a

Assertion (A): Access to knowledge is always through language and other related orders of representation. Reason (R): Since

Assertion (A): Governments all over the world increasingly link communication policy to economic interests. Reason (R): Technology promotion

Assertion (A): The concept of the construction of information society is based on a series of myths. Reason

Assertion (A): Telecommunication is central to the process of globalisation. Reason (R): It is a minimum condition of

Assertion (A): Regulation of private ownership of the broadcast system by the state through broadcast licences creates ‘a

Assertion (A): Reasonable restrictions, as per the Indian Constitution, cannot be imposed by the state arbitrarily. Reason (R):