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This set of Mass Media and Society Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Mass Media And Society Set 1

Q1 | The word communication is derived from…………
  • greek word
  • spanish word
  • latin word
  • german word
Q2 | ……………..is the process whereby information is transmitted from a sender to a receiver.
  • interaction
  • communication
  • internalization
  • contact
Q3 | One who encodes the ideas by selecting words, symbols or gestures is called
  • sender
  • receiver
  • mediator
  • decoder
Q4 | The carrier of communication is called………….
  • receiver
  • sender
  • message
  • medium
Q5 | One who decodes the received message is called…………
  • receiver
  • sender
  • encoder
  • none of the above.
Q6 | …………communication refers to communication between 3 or more individuals.
  • mass communication
  • group communication
  • intrapersonal communication
  • extra personal communication
Q7 | Communication between human being and non human being is called……..
  • intrapersonal communication
  • group communication
  • extra personal communication
  • animal communication
Q8 | Which is not a function of mass media?
  • interpretation
  • socialization
  • entertainment
  • education
Q9 | The media which disseminate creative information through cultural and performance arts
  • folk media
  • face book
  • blog
  • internet
Q10 | Which is not a folk media?
  • drama
  • poems
  • stories
  • computer
Q11 | Which is an electronic media?
  • story
  • drama
  • internet
  • poems
Q12 | ”SITE” Means……….
  • satellite instructional television experiment
  • satellite institute & television experiment
  • satellite innovation television experiment
  • none of the above
Q13 | Which is the country’s first domestic communications satellite?
  • insat-1a
  • insat-1b
  • insat-1c
  • insat-1d
Q14 | in which year Dadasaheb Phalke award for life time contributions to cinema, was instituted
  • 1969
  • 1989
  • 1979
  • 1959
Q15 | Who is the father of Indian cinema?
  • sathyajith ray
  • j.c danial
  • dada sahib phalke
  • akira kurasova
Q16 | ……….. is the space where individuals can interact & exchange ideas, using a global network?
  • cyber space
  • political space
  • social space
  • none of the above
Q17 | ……………..is a social network of individuals who interact through specific social media?
  • urban community
  • virtual community
  • rural community
  • none of the above
Q18 | ………………is a discussion or informational site published on the world wide web?
  • what’s app
  • face book
  • blog
  • skype
Q19 | …………… media are durable, heavy & difficult to move ?
  • time-biased media
  • space-biased media
  • virtual media
  • new media
Q20 | Those media which are manageable & light & can be transported over large distances are called?
  • time-biased
  • space-biased media
  • virtual media
  • new media
Q21 | Which is not an example for space-biased media?
  • clay tablets
  • paper
  • t v
  • internet
Q22 | Which communication theorists viewed medium is the message?
  • harold innis
  • mc luhan
  • thompson
  • hebermas
Q23 | ……………… refers to the notion that electronic communications shrinks distances, while increasingopportunities for talks & cross cultural sharing?
  • cyber village
  • village community
  • gemeinschaft
  • global village
Q24 | The book “culture & society is written by …………….
  • raymond williams
  • hebermas
  • antony giddens
  • parsons
Q25 | Who viewed culture as a “productive process”?
  • hebermas
  • antony gidders
  • parsons
  • raymond williams