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Civics Ch - 6 Understanding Media — Social Studies STD 7 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 7Social StudiesCivics Ch - 6 Understanding Media2 Marks
Question
The media serves a fundamental purpose by supplying the information essential for informed discussions. A wall functioning democracy relies on citizens making knowledgeable decisions and this lies on the type of information they access.
(I) What is the role of media in democracy?
(II) What do you mean by balanced report by media?
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Answer

I. Role of democracy in media is to provide information that is reliable and unbiased. It helps the citizens to know about the working of the government.
Media propagates (spreads) the policies and programs of the government and criticizes unpopular policies.
II. A balanced report is one that discusses all points of views of a particular story and then leaves it to the readers to make up their minds.

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