Assertion (A): When the selected signs are combined into a message, it becomes a syntagm. Reason (R): It happens as vocabularies in a language form a paradigm. Codes: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true. (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). (C) (A) is true, […]
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Assertion (A): Media studies are becoming more and more multi-disciplinary these days, especially in the Indian context. Reason (R): As more and more traditional subjects of study are not useful to the employment market, the process of transmigration in the educational field is inevitable. Codes: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true. (B) Both (A)
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Assertion (A): Indian media have started focusing on soft news of social and society events these days. Reason (R): Corporatisation of media and industrialization of Indian culture are the factors influencing the trend. Codes: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true. (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation
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Assertion (A): Despite corporatisation, media in India have strong ideological contours. Reason (R): Because most media persons in India have a heavy dose of Marxist indoctrination. Codes: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true. (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). (C) (A) is true, but
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Assertion (A): The global news supply has become multiagency oriented for variety and verification. Reason (R): The increasing cost of news collection at the global level has made the task of news collection by third world news agencies difficult. Codes: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true. (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
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Assertion (A): The Western news agencies like Reuters have shifted their focus to specialized areas of news collection. Reason (R): Since the American news agencies are dominant, they are left with very little option. Codes: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true. (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct
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Assertion (A): Of late, the third sector in India has been making an effective use of media, including online, reaching different publics. Reason (R): Media are basically anti-establishment and have supported the third sector campaigns always. Codes: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true. (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not
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Assertion (A): Visual narratives have made the media communication primitive and tribal. Reason (R): New media technology has made the designer production of media contents cheap and effective involving individual idioms. Codes: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true. (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
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