RBSE Solutions for Class 7 Social Science Civics Chapter 6 Understanding Media

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 7 Social Science  Civics Chapter 6 Understanding Media Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 7 Social Science Solutions Civics Chapter 6 Understanding Media

RBSE Class 7 Social Understanding Media InText Questions and Answers

Page 71

Question 1.
Look at the collage (Refer to image given on page no. 70 of textbook) and list six various kinds of media that you see.
Answer:  

1. Radio
2. Computer
3. Journals
4. Magazines
5. Newspapers
6. Transistors
7. Internet
8. CD players.

Question 2. 
How many people in your neighbourhood use the internet?
Answer:  
Almost everyone uses internet in my neighbourhood either on their computers or mobiles.

Question 3. 
List three things that you know about some other part of the world from watching television?
Answer:  
Tsunami in Japan and Indonesia.

•  Earthquake in Nepal.
•  North Korea’s nuclear trials.

Page 72

Question 
Can you list three different products that are advertised during your favourite TV programme?
Answer: 
Washing powders

• Health drinks
• Soaps

Page 74

Question Are the above stories (Refer to Page No. 74 of textbook) in the two newspapers similar? And if not, why
not? What, in your view are the similarities and differences?
Answer:  
The two stories and the two newspapers are different as the story in the newspaper ‘News of India Report’ focuses on the crackdown on polluting factories resulting which the protesters block the roads and disrupted the traffic. On the other hand the news story in the newspaper India Daily Report’ focuses on the closure of factories that has led to unrest because it would result in the loss of the livelihoods of many people.
Differences:

1. The news story in the News of India Report focuses on increasing pollution caused by the factories. It favours government’s decision to close dowii these polluting factories to make the city green and clean. Government offered relocation of factories.

2. While the other story of India Daily Report focuses on the protest made by the workers and the factory owners because of the closure of factories. The workers protested against Municipal Corporation because they considered it as the corporation’s fault as it issues licenses for new factories to be set up in the residential areas.

Similarities

1. Both the reports are related with the factory issue.
2. In both the cases, the groups protested.
3. The demand for relocation has been put 

Page 75 

Question 1. 
Do you think it is important to know both sides of the story? Why
Answer:  
In order to make a balanced report it is necessary to discuss all the points of view of a particular story and to know both sides of the story.

Question 2. 
Pretend that you are a journalist for a newspaper and write a balanced story from the two news reports.
Answer:  
As a journalist my balance story would be:
Setting up factories in the residential colonies can cause the problem of pollution. In order to control the pollution and to make the cities clean, the government is pressurised to close down some factories from the residential areas. This hasty decision of government has resulted in the problem of loss of livelihood for the factory owners and the workers. Although, it is necessary to take such a step in order to make the cities clean and free from pollution but at the same time, it is the responsibility of the government to take steps for the relocation of these industries to suitable location with proper facilities.

Page 77

Question 1. 
What is the consequence of the media ‘setting the agenda’ by reporting on the Fashion Week rather than the slum demolitions?
Answer:  
As the media sets the agenda of reporting on the Fashion Week, the newspapers undermined or neglected the news of demolition of slums in Mumbai area. The news of their problems and their sufferings were not even noticed by any of the newspapers.

Question 2. 
Can you think of an issue that does not seem important to you because it is never featured in the media?
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Answer:  
There are many such issues. One among them is The rate of increasing thefts and crimes in the city.

RBSE Class 7 Social  Understanding Media Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1. 
In what ways does the media play an important role in a democracy?
Answer:  
Media plays an important role in a democracy in a number of ways:

1. It informs the people about various issues and problems related with the country and across the world.
2. It shapes public opinion by providing critical analysis of various issues and problems.
3. It keeps a check on the working of government by criticising its policies and programmes and bringing out its defects.
4. It make the government policies popular among people.
5. It helps government present its various agendas in front of people.
6. It brings the attention of people towards the crimes and mishaps in the society and in their neighborhood.

Question 2. 
Can you give this diagram a title? What do you understand about the link between media and big business from this diagram?

Answer:  
Title: The Big Business and Media Bond Media and big business houses share a strong relationship with each other. Media houses are generally owned by big business houses. Media requires lots of money for their various activities like latest lights, videos, sound system, paying wages to their employees. Big business houses provide funds to the media. These big business houses pay heavy amount of money to the media for advertisements regarding their various businesses. In return, the media supports the big business houses by publishing news and articles in their favour and promoting their products through advertisements. And when people buy these products, the money flows back to the business houses.

Question 3. 
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:  
Media influences our thoughts, feelings and actions by focusing on particular issues. It tries to bring issues to our attention and shapes our opinions. It plays a significant role in our lives by influencing our thoughts and this is commonly known as media *sets the agenda’. By setting agenda on a particular issue, it tries to bring awareness in the society about the illegal activities happening and pressurise the government to take action against it. The two examples related to this are as follows:

1. The media drew attention to the alarming levels of pesticides in Cola drinks and published reports that indicated the presence of high level of pesticides and warned public about the harmful effects.
2. Media brought public attention towards the cases of honour killing where the married couples were killed because they belonged to different castes or religion and still they preferred to marry each other. 

Question 4. 
As a class project, decide to focus on a particular news topic and cut out stories from different newspapers on this. Also watch the coverage of this topic on TV news. Compare two newspapers and write down the similarities and differences in their reports. It might help to ask the following questions:
(a) What information is this article providing?
(b) What information is it leaving out?
(c) From whose point of view is the article being written?
(d) Whose point of view is being left out and why?
Answer:  
To be done by the students in the class with the help of the subject teacher.

Question 5. 
Do projects (solo, pair or group) about types of advertisements. Create commercial advertisement about some products and social advertisements about public health, road safety and the need to save water and energy.
Answer:  
To be done by the students with the help of subject teacher.