Media and Cinema — DU History Honours Previous Year Question Papers

(c) Students must attempt four questions. 1. Examine the diverse forms of media prevalent in today's society. Compare and contrast traditional media (such as print, broadcast, and cinema) with digital media (including social media, on line streaming, and interactive platforms). 2 months ame dea were fro pring renan. behind the opposition it faced? Analyze the role of the press in India's freedom movement, focusing on how it spread nationalist ideas and helped unite and mobilize the public against colonial rule. 3. Discuss the development and significance of radio broadcasting in India? 4. Examine B. V. Keskar's views on classical and popular (film) music. Do you think that the popularity of Radio Ceylon amongst Indian listeners was the key factor behind the founding of Vividh Bharati? 5. Discuss how Indian cinema contributed to the nationalist movement during British colonial rule. Taking films from the early post-independence period, discuss how popular Hindi Cinema addressed contemporary social issues? 6. Discuss the rise of satellite television and its impact on Indian society in the 1990s. 7. How has India's digital media evolved in recent decades? 8. Write short notes on any two of the following: (a) Press censorship in British India (b) FM Radio Wave (d) Kesari Newspaper