MODEL MAKING - HOLIDAY HOME WORK TO CLASS VII IN DASHERRA

Chapter~6 Undrestanding Media

Question based on  Concepts:~

1)Why media is important for us?

2)How censorship work for beterment of public?

3)How broadcasting is important?

4)How mass madia help public?

5)Why print media is used?

6)Why electronic media is more popular than print media?

7)Why it is important for media to be independent?

8)Why it is better to set an agenda before taking action?

9)How the local media help the local people?

10)How the public protest helpful for the people?

11)How democracy work for the people?

12)How balanced report is important?

13)Why publishing is important?

14)How factual information

    helpful for us?

15)How did advertisement  help people?

Made by

Ishita Shukla(Mentor)

Divya Singh

Hasan Ali

Hera Rizvi   

Chapter~6 Understanding Media Made by:- Ishita Shukla Class Expert vii-A

                   

 

Q:- One word answer type question:-

1)Everything ranging from the stall at the local fair the programme that you see on TV is known as?

MEDIA

2)Media is the plural form of?

MEDIA

3)Most cartoons we see are mostly from?

JAPAN

4)Who invented Television?

JOHN L.BAIRD

5)What is like the window on the world?

 TV

6)Newspapers and magazines use which type of media?

PRINT MEDIA

7)TV and radio use which type of media?

ELETRONIC MEDIA

8)When the Government prevents either a news item, or scenes from a movie etc.this is referred to?

CENSORSHIP

9)What refes to a newsreports,articles,stories etc. That are printed in newspaper,magazines and books for a wide audience to read?

PUBLISH

10)In this chapter this word is used to refer to a TV or radio programme that is widely transmitted.

BROADCAST

POEMS BY HERA AMBER

History By Hera Amber

HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY
A STORY A STORY A STORY
REPEATED AND REPEATED
AGAIN AND AGAIN
CAN NEVER STOP IT CANONLY WATCH IT
HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY

NIGHT BEFORE S.S.T EXAMINATION... By Hera Amber

With gallons of tears
And lot of fear
As S.S.T exam was near,
Hear oh hear!

With zillion of history dates...
When was the railway tracks laid?
Raid raid raid...
My memory was raid...

No cake, no break,
Only tension state.
So many inventions
And so much tension
That I cannot mention...

My sweet dreams were drowned...
When was Louis XVI crowned?
I cried all the night...
Worrying if my answers would be right?

Alone my eyes rained...
Studying my eyes strained.
Why was Bhagat Singh chained?
How were industrial workers trained?
Why was Aung San Su Kyi jailed?

Heights heights heights...
Heights reached by great men and kept.
Mahatma Gandhi's corpse lies in his grave...
And left us to study that he was brave!

UNDERSTANDING MEDIA BY STUTI MANU VII-A

Q-How media is important in a democracy?
Q-how print media is important for us?
Q-What is the main purpose of mass media?
Q-How did media earn money?
Q-How is independent media different from others?
Q-How is factual information important for us?
Q-How is balance report important for us?
Q-How is democracy related to media?
Q-Why there is censorship?
Q-What is advertisement and business?


ANSWERS
1-Media is important in a democracy because it is the medium of communication to people.

2-Print media is important for us as it can reach millions of people because the use certain technology.
3-Mass media is there because it reaches across the country and the world.

4-Media earns money by advertising different products like cars, chocolate, mobile phones.

5-Independent media means there should not be any restrictions to media. It means free and fair media. There should not be any pressure from any political leader.

6-Factual information is important because it discuss about fact and issues.

7-Balance report is important as it is explaining both good and bad sides.

8-In a democracy, the media plays a very important role in providing news and discussing events taking place in the country and the world. It is on the basis of this information that citizen can, for example, learn how the government works &often, if they wish to, they can take action on the basis of these news stories.
9-There is censorship because it powers that government has to disallow media from publishing or showing certain stories.

10-Advertisements mean highlighting about the product by the company through media. Business means a commercial organization

Natural vegetation and wild life By Anchal

Q-ON WHAT GROWTH OF VEGETATION DEPENDS?
ANS-1) TEMPERATURE
2) MOISTURE
3) SLOPE
4) THICKNESS OF SOIL
Q-NAME THREE CATEGORIES ON WHICH NATURAL VEGETATION IS GENERALLY CLASSIFIED?
ANS-1) FOREST
2) GRASSLANDS
3) SHRUBS
Q-NAME ANTHER NAME OF TROPICAL EVER GREEN FOREST?
ANS-TROPICAL RAINFOREST

Q-WHERE THICK FOREST GENERALLY OCCURS?
ANS-NEAR THE EQUATORS AND CLOSE TO TROPICS

Q-WHY THESE ARE CALLED EVERGREEN?
ANS- IT IS BECAUSE IT HAVE NO PARTICULAR DRY SEASON

Q-WHERE TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST ARE LOCATED?
ANS-IN LARGE PART OF INDIA , NORTHERN AUSTRALIA AND IN CENTRAL AMERICA

Q-NAME SOME TREES FOUND IN TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST?
ANS-SAL, TEAK, NEEM AND SHISHAM

Q-NAME COMMON ANIMAL OF TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FORESTS?
ANS-LION, TIGER AND ELEPHANT

Q-WHERE TEMPERATE EVERGREEN FOREST ARE LOCATED?
ANS-MIDLATITUDINAL COASTAL REGION

Q-NAME SOME TREES FOUND IN TEMPERATE EVERGREEN FOREST?
ANS-OAK , PINE AND EUCALYPTUS

Q-WHERE TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS ARE LOCATED?
ANS-IN NORTH EASTERN PART OF USA , CHINA , NEW ZEALAND , CHILE AND WESTERN EUROPE

Q-NAME COMMON BIRD FOUND IN TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST?
ANS-PHEASANTS AND MONALS

CH6 - Understanding Media By Saswat Mishra

Q1. In what ways does the media play an important role in a democracy?

Answer: Media plays an important role in a democracy in the following ways:
1. Watchdog of Democracy: Media is considered as fourth pillar of democracy.
2. It provides a platform to people to express their opinions, specially in national and international issues.
3. Provides news and important events taking place worldwide.
4. Bring social awareness about economical, political, social and cultural events.

Q2: What is media?

Answer: Media refers to the various ways through which we communicate in society. It includes TV, radio, newspapers, telephones, internet, journals, cable, broadband etc.

Q3: Give two examples of digital media?

Answer: Internet, TV, Radio





Q4: Can you give this diagram a title? What do you understand about the link between media and big business from this diagram?

Answer: "Corporate Controlled Media" can be a suitable title.

The diagram gives us two interesting aspects:

Business houses to promote their products, put advertisements in various media like newspapers, TV, radio etc. These advertisements influence the readers or viewers to buy products. Thus money invested by the big houses in advertisements comes back to them by sale of their products. It also indicates products advertisements increase the cost of the product also.

Big corporates own TV channels, magazines and other non-media industries. They advertise their products through various media and influence people to buy their products. Since the business giants own the media houses, there are high chances of unfair reporting about their products.

Q5: You have read about the ways in which the media ‘sets the agenda’. What kind of effect does this have in a democracy? Provide two examples to support your point of view.

Answer: It is evident media has immense influence on the people by focusing on few issues. This can have adverse or negative effect on our democracy. If media focus on one side of the issue, it can influence our thoughts and actions. It should not judge itself and influence our decisions. Rather it should provide a balanced report and leave it to audience to decide.

Examples:
1. On a positive note, media highlighted about social crimes done under the name of "honour killing" by "caste panchayats" or narrow-minded families and communities.
2. India is the second most agriculture led country after USA. On a negative side, media (specially private channels) hardly broadcast programmes on agriculture to educate farmers. Rather these channels air "Saas Bahu serials" 24 hours a day. Even news channels have dedicated shows to cover "Page 3 masala" but they hardly run any show on technical education.
Q6: What is local media? Give two examples.

Answer: Local media refers to newspapers/TV channels/radios etc. which serve the communication needs confined to a particular region or area or metropolitan city.
e.g. certain radio FM channels (e.g. radio Mirchi) cover Delhi region.
Khabar Lahriya, a fortnightly newspaper, is run by eight Dalit women in Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh. Written in the local language, Bundeli, this eight-page newspaper reports on Dalit issues and cases of violence against women and political corruption.

Q7: What do you mean by censorship?

Answer: This refers to the powers that government has to disallow media from publishing or showing certain stories. e.g. government bans a particular book or literature or scenes from a specific movie or lyrics of song from being shared among people.

Q8: What is Public protest?

Answer: (NCERT book defines it as)
When a large number of people come together and openly state their opposition to some issue. Organising a rally, starting a signature campaign, blocking roads etc. are some of the ways in which this is done.

Q9: What is the consequence of the media ‘setting the agenda’ by reporting on the Fashion Week rather than the slum demolitions?

Answer: The important function of media is to give voice a section of the people who are either excluded from power or are under-privileged. If media fail to do so, it has severe dent on democracy. It shows biased reporting and bring inequalities among social sectors. Soon, people would no longer trust those TV channels or Newspapers. Media will lose its credibility. Eventually it would impact on its revenue through advertisements.

Q10: What is balanced report?

Answer: A balanced report is one that discusses all points of view of a particular story and then leaves it to the readers to make up their minds.

Q11: What do you mean by independent media? Why it is important?

Answer: Media to write a balanced report must be independent from any external or internal influence. No one should control and influence its coverage of news. No one should tell the media what can be included and what should not be included in a news story.

An independent media is important in a democracy. it is on the basis of the information that the media provides that we take action as citizens, so it is important that this information is reliable and not biased.

Q12: Give examples of print media?

Answer: Newspaper and magazines


Q13: Define mass media? Give its examples.

Answer: A form of media that has global presence i.e. it reaches millions of people, across the country and world are called as mass media. TV, radio, newspaper, internet are examples of mass media.