NCERT Chapter Summary: Understanding Media

NCERT Chapter Summary: Understanding Media

1. What do you mean by mass media?

Media that reaches large number of people or the masses, across the country and the world is called mass media. For example Television, radio, newspaper etc.

2. What is Censorship?

Censorship refers to the power that the government has to disallow media from showing or publishing certain issues.

3. Mention any one positive aspect of television.

Television has enabled us to think of ourselves as members of a larger global world.

4. What do you mean by balanced report?

A balanced report is one that discusses all the points of view of a particular story and then leaves it to the reader to make up his mind.

5. What do you mean by factual information?

Factual information is the information about a particular news or issue that is often not complete and can be one sided.

6. Why is it necessary for media to be independent?

If media would be independent then only it can write a balanced report.

7. What do you mean by publish?

Publish means news reports, articles, stories that are printed in newspapers, magazines, books etc. for a wide audience to read.