MEDIA & DEMOCRACY part2.pptx

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CHAPTER-4  
MEDIA

CIVICS

Sapna Singh

DLF Public School

ELO’S

• TYPES OF MASS MEDIA

• ROLE OF MEDIA IN A DEMOCRACY

• SETTING THE AGENDA

• BALANCED REPORTING

• FREE MEDIA

DLF Public School

ELO

• Identify the meaning of media

• Identify print media and electronic media

WARM UP:

• How do you usually get your news or information?

• Which is your favourite TV programme?

• What do you like listening to on the radio?

• Which newspaper or magazine do you usually read?

•  Do you surf the internet and what have you found most useful about it?

Ritu Vashishtha

DLF Public School

BIG QUESTION: SE NO 4.1

DLF Public School

Look at the collage on the left and list six various kinds of media that you see

MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

Ritu Vashishtha

DLF Public School

Ritu Vashishtha

DLF Public School

Success Criteria

ELO

• Identify print media and electronic media.

• -Identify the relation between Media and Technology.

• -Use of electronic media such as TV and radio(Satellites).

TYPES OF MEDIA: 

1. PRINT: Newspaper, articles, magazine, advertisements

2. ELECTRONIC: Radio, T.V, INTERNET, SOCIAL NETWOKING

WHEN THE INFORMATION REACHES TO LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS CALLED MASS COMMUNICATION.

Ritu Vashishtha

DLF Public School

Types of mass media

Print media electronic media

Newspapers tv

Magazines radio

Journals internet

cinema

Sapna Singh

DLF Public School

Obejective of Media

• the media ‘sets the agenda’ through influencing our perception of issues worth devoting time and attention to, and issues that are neglected or overridden.

ELO

• Balanced Media:

• Identify the role of media in creating awareness among the masses.

• State the meaning of balanced media.

• State the effect of TV or other media in influencing its audience.

Success Criteria

Setting the agenda

• The media decides which stories to

focus on

• The media decides which issues need

to be brought to our attention

• Tries to shape OUR OPINION ON

IMPORTANT ISSUES OR INFLUENCES US

TO ACT ON THEM

Sapna Singh

DLF Public School

Ans: pointers

• Changing technology, or machines, and making technology more modern, helps media to reach more people.

• It also improves the quality of sound and the images that you see. But technology does more than this.

• It also changes the ways in which we think about our lives. For example, today it is quite difficult for us to think of our lives without television. Television has enabled us to think of ourselves as members of a larger global world.

ROLE OF BUSINESS HOUSES

• the role of big business in the media coverage of events — the way ‘news’ is selected for coverage, and the explicit/ implicit dimensions of that coverage. We use two fictitious news reports to demonstrate that there is seldom just one version of a story or an event.

Role of media in a democracy

• It provides news

• It provide platform for discussing important events

• Educate people

• Highlights problems faced by citizens

• Helps citizens to understand how government works

• Inform people about new laws, policies or programmes

launched by the government

• Platform for citizens to raise their concerns

Sapna Singh

DLF Public School

RECAP DATE:
S.NO.:

q1. Which of the following can be classified under media?

1. Playing songs on the radio

2. Watching news on internet

3. All of these

4. Attending a phone call from a friend

Q2. which of these can be classified under mass media?

1. Internet

2. Radio run by students for their school

3. Community newspaper

4. television

Sapna Singh , DLF Public School

THINK LINE

Q-WHAT ROLE DOES THE MEDIA PLAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ILLITERATE PERSON

Sapna Singh

DLF Public School

Question Time

• Do you think it is important to know both sides of the story while reading a newspaper report? Why?

Balanced reporting

• QUESTION A GOVERNMENT’S ACTIONS.

• GATHER SUPPORT FOR OR AGAINST A PARTICULAR CAUSE

• TAKE UP AN IMPORTANT ISSUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT

A BALANCED REPORT IS ONE WHICH IS NOT ONE-SIDED , IT PUT FORWAD ALL THE FACTS AND POINTS OF VIEW ABOUT A PARTICULAR EVENT OR ISSUE. IT LET READERS DECIDE WHERE THEY STAND ON AN EVENT OR ISSUE.

Sapna Singh

DLF Public School

Free media

• For balanced reporting , it is important that the media should not be controlled or influenced by anyone in any way.

• Governmental control: constitution does not specifically guarantee freedom of the press, but article 19(a)ensure that media has the right to express views, but government can impose restrictions on press if it feels a particular report may disrupt peace , pose the threat to national security or influence court cases.

Ritu Vashishtha

DLF Public School

Free media

• Censorship- the government can prevent some news items, songs, books, magazines, or movies from being broadcast or published.

• Control of business houses: to run channels , buy equipments like-cameras or satellites needs lot of money. Which is provided by big business houses , so they also control the stories to be published of covered.

Ritu Vashishtha

DLF Public School

Think line

Q. do you think the government should censor or control the media? Why?

Ritu Vashishtha

DLF Public School

Press council

• The government has laid down laws and codes of conduct which the media has to abide by.

• In 1966 to monitor the press, ensuring the freedom of press, and also to hear complaints against the media by the public.

Ritu Vashishtha

DLF Public School

Homefun

• 1. Why might digital media be both an opportunity and a challenge for spreading news, especially when compared to more traditional forms like newspapers? 3 each

• 2.How does technology make it easier for people to access news from around the world? 2

• 3. How can the inclusion of facts, expert opinions, and different perspectives in media help promote critical thinking among readers and viewers? Why is this important for a healthy society? 3+1

• 4. A news channel consistently covers topics such as celebrity events and luxury lifestyles, dedicating limited time to significant issues like environmental crises or unemployment.

• A.What impact does this choice have on public awareness and priorities? 1

• b.How can a citizen critically evaluate such media behavior to stay informed about important societal issues? 1

• 5. Thinkline: WHAT ROLE DOES THE MEDIA PLAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ILLITERATE PERSON? 2M

Home fun

q6. Bring cut outs of stories carried by two different newspapers or any one important issue. Read the stories and answer the following questions

• Are the stories balanced?

• Are the stories different? Or do they make the same point?

• The stories have been written from whose point of view?

• Is there any information that any of the newspapers has left out? If yes, why do you think that is?

Ritu Vashishtha

DLF Public School

Ritu Vashishtha

DLF Public School

Thank You