NCERT Solutions For Class 7, Civics, Social Science, Chapter 6, Understanding Media
1. In what ways does media play an important role in a democracy?
Answer: Media play an important role in democracy in the following ways:
•They make the masses know about certain issues/problems.
•They propagate the policies and programmes of the government.
•They also criticise the unpopular policies and programmes of the government.
•They help in forming the opinion of the masses.
•They also report various crimes and mishappenings, accidents, etc.
•The media also announce the opinions of the public about certain issues/problems etc.
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1. Name various forms of communication.
Answer: Radio, television, newspapers, the Internet.
2. What does the word ‘media’ mean?
Answer: Radio, television, newspapers, the Internet, and several other forms of communication are collectively known as media.
3. Mention any one positive aspect of television.
Answer: Television has enabled us to think of ourselves as members of a larger global world.
4. Mention one way in which the mass media earns money.
Answer: The mass media earns money by advertising different things like cars, clothes, tea, etc.
5.Why are some advertisements shown repeatedly on the television screen? [V. Imp.]
Answer: Same advertisements are shown repeatedly on the television screen just to make people’s minds to go out and buy what is advertised.
6. What are the various ways through which people express their dissatisfaction to any of the government’s decision which does not go in their favour?
Answer: They do so by writing letters to the concerned minister, organising a public protest, starting a signature campaign and asking the government to rethink its programme, etc.
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