Mass Media and Communications — Sociology STD 12 Humanities — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesSociologyMass Media and Communications6 Marks
Question
How Britishers controlled the press in India?
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Answer
Under British rule newspapers and magazines, films and radio comprised the range of mass media.
Radio was wholly owned by the state.
National views could not be, therefore, expressed.
Newspapers and films though autonomous from the state were strictly monitored by the Raj.
Newspapers and magazines either in English or vernacular were not very widely circulated as the literate public was limited.
Power of the press in the 19th & 20th centuries:
Their influence far stripped out their circulation as news and information was read and spread by word of mouth from commercial and administrative hubs like markets and trading centers as well as courts and towns.
The print media carried a range of opinion, which expressed their ideas of a 'free India'.
These variations were carried over to independent India.
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