Understanding the Nature of News and Its Selectivity
Assertion (A): News is news because it is news. Reason (R): No one tells the audience that news
Assertion (A): News is news because it is news. Reason (R): No one tells the audience that news
Assertion (A): Public opinion polls conducted by Indian media houses lack professionalism. Reason (R): Because Indian publics have
Assertion (A): Democracy in India is in peril because of mass media. Reason (R): With too many regional
Assertion (A): The live telecast of legislative proceedings has made the issue of contempt of legislatures irrelevant. Reason
The key element of ‘minimax’ programming philosophy of electronic media is (A) relentless search for audience (B) relentless
A sketch writer is different from a (A) political columnist (B) witty information supplier (C) backbencher (D) rare
According to H.J. Gans, the suitability of an event makes it (A) Insignificant (B) Negative (C) Unbalancing (D)
The rolling news format was popularised by (A) Doordarshan (B) BBC (TV) (C) CNN (D) ABC Correct Ans:
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