Digital journalism, social and mobile media Previous Year Questions with Answers

Question 1 of 58Original Question No.: 26Asked in: December 2006 Paper II

Assertion (A): Convergence of technologies has reduced the digital divide. Reason (R): Technologies are value loaded.

Both (A) and (R) are true
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true 10

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C. (A) is true but (R) is false

Option 3 states the keyed relationship between the assertion and reason: (A) is true but (R) is false. Check each statement first, then test whether the reason actually explains the assertion.

Question 2 of 58Original Question No.: 39Asked in: December 2006 Paper II

The correct sequence of the four key concepts of digital media is:

Multimedia, interactivity, automation and ethereal quality
Ethereal quality, interactivity, automation and multimedia
Automation, ethereal quality, interactivity and multimedia
Interactivity, ethereal quality, multimedia and automation 16

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B. Ethereal quality, interactivity, automation and multimedia

Option 2 gives the keyed pairing or order: Ethereal quality, interactivity, automation and multimedia. Reconstruct the dates or associations in digital journalism, social and mobile media before comparing the four sequences.

Question 3 of 58Original Question No.: 46Asked in: June 2006 Paper II

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Read the passage below, and answer the questions that follow based on your understanding of the passage: Online media are still so new that their grammar is still developing. Imagine a media world in which not all the audience members know how to turn pages in a book; where they try to use a remote control on a magazine; where they are afraid to use their remote control rest they break the television, or where they see a different kind of image on the TV than their neighbours because their television was made by a different company or their television is last year’s model. That is roughly the state of online media in the early twenty-first century, and it is unlikely to change anytime in the near future. However, some media grammar elements are starting to form Hypertext, for example, is generally either underlined or otherwise set apart typographically or graphically from nonlinked text. An unwritten rule to have a web site logo in the upper left corner of the screen linked to return to the websites homepage is being followed by more and more web developers. The increased use of icons to create a visual, interactive language that transverses website’s allows computer users to quickly learn how to use new types of programs or utilize interactivity on a website. Examples include more or less standardized icons for functions such as printing, opening a document, sending a file, e-mailing a document, on-screen drawing, painting it image editing tools, and icons to allow for image manipulation such as zooming in or out, where applicable. Mass communication in an online digital environment increasingly exploits a full range of storytelling and communication tools, including text, audio, video, graphics and animation. This broadened set of tools enables the journalist or other communication professional to tell each story on a way uniquely suited to that story. Because of the lack of experience of many users of online media and the ever-changing state of technological improvements, it still can be a challenge to guide users in accessing that information easily as an online media grammar develops.

The author is primarily concerned with

turning of pages in a book
proper use of a remote control
grammar of online media
neighbour’s TV

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C. grammar of online media

The keyed response is option 3, “grammar of online media”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 4 of 58Original Question No.: 48Asked in: June 2006 Paper II

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Read the passage below, and answer the questions that follow based on your understanding of the passage: Online media are still so new that their grammar is still developing. Imagine a media world in which not all the audience members know how to turn pages in a book; where they try to use a remote control on a magazine; where they are afraid to use their remote control rest they break the television, or where they see a different kind of image on the TV than their neighbours because their television was made by a different company or their television is last year’s model. That is roughly the state of online media in the early twenty-first century, and it is unlikely to change anytime in the near future. However, some media grammar elements are starting to form Hypertext, for example, is generally either underlined or otherwise set apart typographically or graphically from nonlinked text. An unwritten rule to have a web site logo in the upper left corner of the screen linked to return to the websites homepage is being followed by more and more web developers. The increased use of icons to create a visual, interactive language that transverses website’s allows computer users to quickly learn how to use new types of programs or utilize interactivity on a website. Examples include more or less standardized icons for functions such as printing, opening a document, sending a file, e-mailing a document, on-screen drawing, painting it image editing tools, and icons to allow for image manipulation such as zooming in or out, where applicable. Mass communication in an online digital environment increasingly exploits a full range of storytelling and communication tools, including text, audio, video, graphics and animation. This broadened set of tools enables the journalist or other communication professional to tell each story on a way uniquely suited to that story. Because of the lack of experience of many users of online media and the ever-changing state of technological improvements, it still can be a challenge to guide users in accessing that information easily as an online media grammar develops.

The author mentions storytelling and communications tools to

make the story more effective
facilitate users’ access to information
illustrate online digital environment
enable communication professionals to tell the story in a way uniquely suited to it.

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D. enable communication professionals to tell the story in a way uniquely suited to it.

The keyed response is option 4, “enable communication professionals to tell the story in a way uniquely suited to it.”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 5 of 58Original Question No.: 5Asked in: June 2007 Paper II

The first person to use the term gate keeper’ in communication was:

Kurt Lewin
C. D. Mac Dougale
Ralph Webb
J. E. Walsh

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A. Kurt Lewin

The keyed response is option 1, “Kurt Lewin”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 6 of 58Original Question No.: 28Asked in: June 2007 Paper II

Assertion (A): New technology is the only driving force behind the media boom in India. Reason (R): Media contents are produced to meet the market - imputed needs.

Both (A) and (R) are true.
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation.
(A) is true, but (R) is false.
(A) is false, but (R) is true.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true.

Option 1 states the keyed relationship between the assertion and reason: Both (A) and (R) are true.. Check each statement first, then test whether the reason actually explains the assertion.

Question 7 of 58Original Question No.: 48Asked in: June 2007 Paper II

Passage for this question

Read the passage below, and answer the questions that follow based on your understanding of the passage: Undoubtedly, the new media pose some interesting challenges to audience research in relation to both reception and use. First they facilitate the multiplication of personally - owned media (from mobile phones to the television set), thereby encouraging the privatisation of media use, including the media - rich bedroom culture of young people and the sound bubble of the Walkman commuter. Further, the diversification of media and media contents is facilitating wider trends towards individualisation, in which media goods and contents are used to construct lifestyles no longer grounded on sociodemographically - defined traditions. More recently, the convergence of traditionally distinct media is resulting in a blurring of traditionally distinct social boundaries (edutainment infotainment, teleworking, e-learning), potentially undermining hierarachies tieracties of expertise and authority. Most significantly, however, new media technologies hold the possibility of expansion of interactive forms of media and the resulting potential for transforming a one-mass audience into engaged and participatory users of information and communication technologies. From the literature non emerging, it seems that these first three challenges are already being researched, particularly insofar as these concern changing discourses and practices of media use. But as for the fourth, we have barely begun to investigate the intellectual, symbolic and social contexts for and consequences of engaging with the particular forms and contents of the new media. Some preliminary observations may be observed, however.

Individualisation of media goods and contents lead to:

new media habits
new trends
demographics
new lifestyles

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D. new lifestyles

The keyed response is option 4, “new lifestyles”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 8 of 58Original Question No.: 4Asked in: June 2008 Paper II

The technological process through which the same content can be distributed in several channels:

Informatization
Super highway
Convergence
Divergence

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C. Convergence

The keyed response is option 3, “Convergence”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 9 of 58Original Question No.: 17Asked in: December 2009 Paper II

The first web newspaper was

The Make
The Sake
The Wake
The Take

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D. The Take

The keyed response is option 4, “The Take”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 10 of 58Original Question No.: 39Asked in: December 2010 Paper II

Match List – I with List – II: List – I List – II (a) Screenplay (i) TV News (b) Story board (ii) Film (Feature) (c) Functional specifications (iii) Cartoon Film (d) Split-page format (iv) CD-ROM multimedia Codes: (a) (b) (c) (d)

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

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B. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

Option 2 gives the keyed pairing or order: (ii) (iii) (iv) (i). Reconstruct the dates or associations in digital journalism, social and mobile media before comparing the four sequences.

Question 11 of 58Original Question No.: 27Asked in: June 2010 Paper II

Assertion (A): The convergence model of communication removed biases of non-linear models of communication. Reason (R): Because the convergence model was derived from the basic concepts of information theory, cybernetics and general systems theory.

Both (A) and (R) are true.
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation.
(A) is true, but (R) is false.
(A) is false, but (R) is true.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true.

Option 1 states the keyed relationship between the assertion and reason: Both (A) and (R) are true.. Check each statement first, then test whether the reason actually explains the assertion.

Question 12 of 58Original Question No.: 18Asked in: June 2011 Paper II

Assertion (A): In India, the multimedia production is of bad quality. Reason (R): Because, the technical personnel working for multimedia production are not professionally trained.

Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
Both (A) and (R) are right.
(A) is true, but (R) is not the sufficient reason for it.
(A) is not right, but (R) is partially true.

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C. (A) is true, but (R) is not the sufficient reason for it.

Option 3 states the keyed relationship between the assertion and reason: (A) is true, but (R) is not the sufficient reason for it.. Check each statement first, then test whether the reason actually explains the assertion.

Question 13 of 58Original Question No.: 29Asked in: June 2011 Paper II

Identify the correct sequence of media as they became popular, arranged in chronological order

Printing Press – B’ casting – Narrow casting – Web casting – User generated content
Printing Press – Narrow – casting – User generated content – B’ casting – Web casting
B’ casting – Printing Press – Narrow casting – Web casting – User generated content
B’ casting – Printing press – User generated content – Narrow casting – Web casting

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A. Printing Press – B’ casting – Narrow casting – Web casting – User generated content

Option 1 gives the keyed pairing or order: Printing Press – B’ casting – Narrow casting – Web casting – User generated content. Reconstruct the dates or associations in digital journalism, social and mobile media before comparing the four sequences.

Question 14 of 58Original Question No.: 51Asked in: December 2012 Paper III

Assertion (A): The social media have become a global craze in recent times. Reason (R): Social media cut across the barriers of age, sex, culture and status.

Both (A) and (R) are true.
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(A) is true, but (R) is false.
(A) is false, but (R) is true.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true.

Option 1 states the keyed relationship between the assertion and reason: Both (A) and (R) are true.. Check each statement first, then test whether the reason actually explains the assertion.

Question 15 of 58Original Question No.: 57Asked in: December 2013 Paper III

Assertion (A): The digital divide in India is a serious national issue. Reason (R): The concept of knowledge economy will become a reality when the civil society addresses the issue of digital divide.

Both (A) and (R) are true.
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(A) is true, but (R) is false.
(A) is false, but (R) is true.

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C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

Option 3 states the keyed relationship between the assertion and reason: (A) is true, but (R) is false.. Check each statement first, then test whether the reason actually explains the assertion.

Question 16 of 58Original Question No.: 7Asked in: June 2013 Paper III

Manuel castells used the term

Creative society
Pre-modern society
Industrial society
Network society

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D. Network society

The keyed response is option 4, “Network society”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 17 of 58Original Question No.: 36Asked in: September 2013 Paper II

Digital media narration is

dynamic
static
separate
limited

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A. dynamic

The keyed response is option 1, “dynamic”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 18 of 58Original Question No.: 38Asked in: September 2013 Paper II

A person who does not post messages but reads what others write on an online discussion board is identified as

lurker
silent participant
jabber
sleeper-chatter

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A. lurker

The keyed response is option 1, “lurker”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 19 of 58Original Question No.: 71Asked in: September 2013 Paper II

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Read the following passage and answer Question Nos. 71 to 75. The boundaries between publisher, producer, distributor, consumer and reviewer of content are blurring. Mass media now incorporate many interpersonal and interactive aspects such as call-in radio and TV shows, home shopping through televisions with viewer conversations and telephone or on- line ordering, online commentaries and information accompanying television programms, 900-number hotlines or newsgroup discussions about weekly soap opera plot lines and characters, etc. Thus new media provide many more ways to choose content, which increases the influence of structural and cultural (factors) on peoples’ notion of choice. Providing multiple forms of access to content which is freed from its linkages to particular physical distribution forms free us from constraints on allocation and transformation. Many people can use the same content at the same time. Selected aspects of content may be used in the sequence and timing preferred by the individual. One paradox of this increased accessibility, and decreased dependence on specific distribution media is that now individuals must make more choices, must have more prior knowledge, and must put forth more effort to integrate and make sense of the communication. Interactivity and choice are not universal benefits; many people do not have the energy, desire, need or training to engage in such processes. It is partially due to the idealization of the interactive nature of face to

What is the reason for disappearing of difference between publisher and distributor?

Technology
Choices
Interactivity
Call-in radio

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B. Choices

The keyed response is option 2, “Choices”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 20 of 58Original Question No.: 73Asked in: September 2013 Paper II

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Read the following passage and answer Question Nos. 71 to 75. The boundaries between publisher, producer, distributor, consumer and reviewer of content are blurring. Mass media now incorporate many interpersonal and interactive aspects such as call-in radio and TV shows, home shopping through televisions with viewer conversations and telephone or on- line ordering, online commentaries and information accompanying television programms, 900-number hotlines or newsgroup discussions about weekly soap opera plot lines and characters, etc. Thus new media provide many more ways to choose content, which increases the influence of structural and cultural (factors) on peoples’ notion of choice. Providing multiple forms of access to content which is freed from its linkages to particular physical distribution forms free us from constraints on allocation and transformation. Many people can use the same content at the same time. Selected aspects of content may be used in the sequence and timing preferred by the individual. One paradox of this increased accessibility, and decreased dependence on specific distribution media is that now individuals must make more choices, must have more prior knowledge, and must put forth more effort to integrate and make sense of the communication. Interactivity and choice are not universal benefits; many people do not have the energy, desire, need or training to engage in such processes. It is partially due to the idealization of the interactive nature of face to

What is the paradox of technology?

More access and less dependence
More dependency and less access
Moderate dependency
Intensive access

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A. More access and less dependence

The keyed response is option 1, “More access and less dependence”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 21 of 58Original Question No.: 36Asked in: December 2014 Paper III

Story-telling is a part of

News-bound cultures
Culture-specific communication
Technology-driven communication
Mediated society

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B. Culture-specific communication

The keyed response is option 2, “Culture-specific communication”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 22 of 58Original Question No.: 41Asked in: June 2014 Paper III

Which atmospheric layer deflects the radio waves having the frequency greater than 50 MHz?

Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Ionosphere
Troposphere

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C. Ionosphere

The keyed response is option 3, “Ionosphere”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 23 of 58Original Question No.: 72Asked in: June 2014 Paper III

What was the second assumption in open diplomacy after globalization argument?

Social networks’ role
New policy agendas
Terrorist groups
Financial markets

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A. Social networks’ role

The keyed response is option 1, “Social networks’ role”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 24 of 58Original Question No.: 73Asked in: June 2014 Paper III

What was the argument for effective use of technological improvements for public diplomacy?

Cyber diplomacy
Information technology
Foreign policy
Image management

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A. Cyber diplomacy

The keyed response is option 1, “Cyber diplomacy”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 25 of 58Original Question No.: 74Asked in: June 2014 Paper III

What do recent events like World Trade Organization summit suggest?

NGO’s rule
Multilateral diplomacy
Communication technology
Individual’s role in public diplomacy

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B. Multilateral diplomacy

The keyed response is option 2, “Multilateral diplomacy”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 26 of 58Original Question No.: 32Asked in: July 2016 Paper III

The thematic framing is largely used by

radio
television
web portals
newspapers

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D. newspapers

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Question 27 of 58Original Question No.: 7Asked in: November 2017 Paper III

In symbolic interaction, artificial signs that produce highly predictable responses are known as:

Signals
Signs
Symbols
Variants

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A. Signals

The keyed response is option 1, “Signals”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 28 of 58Original Question No.: 54Asked in: November 2017 Paper III

Assertion (A): Video podcasting and peer-to-peer networking represent a new architecture of aesthetics. Reason (R): Technological evolution has hindered the public access to media. Code:

Both (A) and (R) are true.
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(A) is true, but (R) is false.
(A) is false, but (R) is true.

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C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

Option 3 states the keyed relationship between the assertion and reason: (A) is true, but (R) is false.. Check each statement first, then test whether the reason actually explains the assertion.

Question 29 of 58Original Question No.: 62Asked in: November 2017 Paper III

Identify the correct sequence of emergence of different types of journalism:

Citizen journalism, advocacy journalism, new journalism, alternative journalism
Alternative journalism, advocacy journalism, citizen journalism, new journalism
New journalism, alternative journalism, advocacy journalism, citizen journalism
Advocacy journalism, new journalism, citizen journalism, alternative journalism

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C. New journalism, alternative journalism, advocacy journalism, citizen journalism

Option 3 gives the keyed pairing or order: New journalism, alternative journalism, advocacy journalism, citizen journalism. Reconstruct the dates or associations in digital journalism, social and mobile media before comparing the four sequences.

Question 30 of 58Original Question No.: 69Asked in: November 2017 Paper III

Match the following: List-I List-II (Organisation) (Platform) (a) Google (i) Skype (b) News corporation group (ii) NBC (c) Microsoft (iii) Instagram (d) Comcast (iv) Myspace.com Code: (a) (b) (c) (d)

(iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

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A. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

Option 1 gives the keyed pairing or order: (iii) (iv) (i) (ii). Reconstruct the dates or associations in digital journalism, social and mobile media before comparing the four sequences.

Question 31 of 58Original Question No.: 38Asked in: July 2018 Paper II

The convergence process of digital media has led to the development of:

Limited mass space
Critical impersonal space
Personal information space
Non-personal economic space

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C. Personal information space

The keyed response is option 3, “Personal information space”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 32 of 58Original Question No.: 40Asked in: July 2018 Paper II

Automation is critical to make online media:

Convertible
Personalised
Traceable
Impersonal

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B. Personalised

The keyed response is option 2, “Personalised”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 33 of 58Original Question No.: 29Asked in: June 2020 cycle - 24 September 2020, Shift II

immersive media have emerged from

Print media
Online media
Audio media
Video media

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B. Online media

The keyed response is option 2, “Online media”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 34 of 58Original Question No.: 30Asked in: June 2020 cycle - 24 September 2020, Shift II

Manuel Castells argues that social organization of global society is organized as

Groups
Communities
Networks
Societies

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C. Networks

The keyed response is option 3, “Networks”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 35 of 58Original Question No.: 31Asked in: June 2020 cycle - 24 September 2020, Shift II

Web 2.0 applications allow users to become

Autonomous producers
Copycats
Vocal offenders
Responsible hackers

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A. Autonomous producers

The keyed response is option 1, “Autonomous producers”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 36 of 58Original Question No.: 5Asked in: December 2022 cycle - 3 March 2023, Shift I

Traditional Media have fallen in disuse, how would we revive their old glory?

Forcibly teaching music and dance to little children so that they develop a habit to consume such media.
Use digital and social media to execute a pull strategy with the USP of our old cultural values and ethics.
Use academic curricula in educational institutions, that essentially include the study of such media.
None of the above

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C. Use academic curricula in educational institutions, that essentially include the study of such media.

The keyed response is option 3, “Use academic curricula in educational institutions, that essentially include the study of such media.”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 37 of 58Original Question No.: 12Asked in: December 2022 cycle - 3 March 2023, Shift I

Emoji is:

Big images use in digital platform
Little images use in digital platform
Text and images use in digital platform
None of the above

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B. Little images use in digital platform

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Question 38 of 58Original Question No.: 25Asked in: December 2022 cycle - 3 March 2023, Shift I

First online newspaper of Hindi is:

Navbharat Times
Hindustan
Dainik Jagran
Nai Duniya

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D. Nai Duniya

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Question 39 of 58Original Question No.: 30Asked in: December 2022 cycle - 3 March 2023, Shift I

Mark Zuckerberg launched first Facebook live broadcast in =

August 2015
December 2015
April 2016
July 2016

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A. August 2015

The keyed response is option 1, “August 2015”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 40 of 58Original Question No.: 67Asked in: December 2022 cycle - 3 March 2023, Shift I

A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III
A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II
A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-II

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C. A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

Option 3 gives the keyed pairing or order: A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II. Reconstruct the dates or associations in digital journalism, social and mobile media before comparing the four sequences.

Question 41 of 58Original Question No.: 97Asked in: December 2022 cycle - 3 March 2023, Shift I

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A sizeable population of the voting audience belongs to the age group of 18/19 years. It is a proven fact that the youth are the prime users of the Social Media, thus implying that a considerable voting population is active users of the social media. In fact, this percentage of first time voters is much more than the general elections that were held in 2009. With increased awareness about citizens right in democracy, corporate institutions have also acknowledged the voting process as a fundamental need for smooth functioning of a democracy. Facebook and Times of India have taken a joint initiative by which they are jointly encouraging people to vote. Facebook has incorporated a new Feature that allows adding a life event to one's profile that he/she is registered to vote. One can even choose Date, Photo and Place where he/she is registered and share his/her story. According to Digital Insight, which is an online statistical-analysis site, 23% of FB users check account 5 times a day; 60% of twitter users access it from mobile phones; 80% of Google+ users login once a week, 60% users login daily. This implies the advantage of putting messages on social media. If we take the Facebook scenario, putting a political propaganda message on Facebook would mean that the same message would have the probability of being viewed by the millions of users for almost 5 times a day. This is in close correspondence with the theory of advertising, widely practiced in the market, that more the repetition of messages, more is people's remembrance of them.

Enrollement of First Time voters is

Decreasing
Increasing
Useful for elections
Strength of elections

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B. Increasing

The keyed response is option 2, “Increasing”. It directly fits the factual or conceptual cue in this digital journalism, social and mobile media question; use the other choices as contrast points during revision.

Question 42 of 58Original Question No.: 98Asked in: December 2022 cycle - 3 March 2023, Shift I

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A sizeable population of the voting audience belongs to the age group of 18/19 years. It is a proven fact that the youth are the prime users of the Social Media, thus implying that a considerable voting population is active users of the social media. In fact, this percentage of first time voters is much more than the general elections that were held in 2009. With increased awareness about citizens right in democracy, corporate institutions have also acknowledged the voting process as a fundamental need for smooth functioning of a democracy. Facebook and Times of India have taken a joint initiative by which they are jointly encouraging people to vote. Facebook has incorporated a new Feature that allows adding a life event to one's profile that he/she is registered to vote. One can even choose Date, Photo and Place where he/she is registered and share his/her story. According to Digital Insight, which is an online statistical-analysis site, 23% of FB users check account 5 times a day; 60% of twitter users access it from mobile phones; 80% of Google+ users login once a week, 60% users login daily. This implies the advantage of putting messages on social media. If we take the Facebook scenario, putting a political propaganda message on Facebook would mean that the same message would have the probability of being viewed by the millions of users for almost 5 times a day. This is in close correspondence with the theory of advertising, widely practiced in the market, that more the repetition of messages, more is people's remembrance of them.

Theory of advertising means:

To create pressure on people
To sale products to any
To remember
To purchase products

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C. To remember

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Question 43 of 58Original Question No.: 99Asked in: December 2022 cycle - 3 March 2023, Shift I

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A sizeable population of the voting audience belongs to the age group of 18/19 years. It is a proven fact that the youth are the prime users of the Social Media, thus implying that a considerable voting population is active users of the social media. In fact, this percentage of first time voters is much more than the general elections that were held in 2009. With increased awareness about citizens right in democracy, corporate institutions have also acknowledged the voting process as a fundamental need for smooth functioning of a democracy. Facebook and Times of India have taken a joint initiative by which they are jointly encouraging people to vote. Facebook has incorporated a new Feature that allows adding a life event to one's profile that he/she is registered to vote. One can even choose Date, Photo and Place where he/she is registered and share his/her story. According to Digital Insight, which is an online statistical-analysis site, 23% of FB users check account 5 times a day; 60% of twitter users access it from mobile phones; 80% of Google+ users login once a week, 60% users login daily. This implies the advantage of putting messages on social media. If we take the Facebook scenario, putting a political propaganda message on Facebook would mean that the same message would have the probability of being viewed by the millions of users for almost 5 times a day. This is in close correspondence with the theory of advertising, widely practiced in the market, that more the repetition of messages, more is people's remembrance of them.

As above paragraph which is powerful media for election awareness

Twitter
Facebook
Whatsapp
All of above

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B. Facebook

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Question 44 of 58Original Question No.: 100Asked in: December 2022 cycle - 3 March 2023, Shift I

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A sizeable population of the voting audience belongs to the age group of 18/19 years. It is a proven fact that the youth are the prime users of the Social Media, thus implying that a considerable voting population is active users of the social media. In fact, this percentage of first time voters is much more than the general elections that were held in 2009. With increased awareness about citizens right in democracy, corporate institutions have also acknowledged the voting process as a fundamental need for smooth functioning of a democracy. Facebook and Times of India have taken a joint initiative by which they are jointly encouraging people to vote. Facebook has incorporated a new Feature that allows adding a life event to one's profile that he/she is registered to vote. One can even choose Date, Photo and Place where he/she is registered and share his/her story. According to Digital Insight, which is an online statistical-analysis site, 23% of FB users check account 5 times a day; 60% of twitter users access it from mobile phones; 80% of Google+ users login once a week, 60% users login daily. This implies the advantage of putting messages on social media. If we take the Facebook scenario, putting a political propaganda message on Facebook would mean that the same message would have the probability of being viewed by the millions of users for almost 5 times a day. This is in close correspondence with the theory of advertising, widely practiced in the market, that more the repetition of messages, more is people's remembrance of them.

At the Time of elections, role of social media is

Influencer
Game changer
Educator to public
Expensive

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A. Influencer

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Question 45 of 58Original Question No.: 11Asked in: December 2023 - 13 December 2023, Shift II

Digital Videodiscs (DVDs), which combine the quality and durability of CDs with the popularity of Videotapes, are introduced in

1976
1996
2006
2016

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B. 1996

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Question 46 of 58Original Question No.: 17Asked in: December 2023 - 13 December 2023, Shift II

In past-Fordist era describes social structure as-------

The information society
The network society
Technical society
Liberal society

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B. The network society

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Question 47 of 58Original Question No.: 18Asked in: December 2023 - 13 December 2023, Shift II

The father of online Messages Service is called

Garry Thewreck
Charles Babbage
Smith
Jhon Devis

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A. Garry Thewreck

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Question 48 of 58Original Question No.: 22Asked in: December 2023 - 13 December 2023, Shift II

With which technology Robot and Smart Machines are working?

Industry 3.0 technology
Industry 4.0 technology
Industry 5.0 technology
ndustry 6.0 technology

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C. Industry 5.0 technology

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Question 49 of 58Original Question No.: 31Asked in: December 2023 - 13 December 2023, Shift II

What is OTT

Online Text Transfer
Online Television Transmission
Over the table
Over the top

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D. Over the top

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Question 50 of 58Original Question No.: 48Asked in: December 2023 - 13 December 2023, Shift II

Features of web 3.0 are A. Social Networking B.Al C. Metaverse Worlds D. Centralized E. Decentralized Choose the correct answer from the options given below

A, B and D only
A,B and C only
B, C and E only
B,C andD only

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C. B, C and E only

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Question 51 of 58Original Question No.: 97Asked in: December 2023 - 13 December 2023, Shift II

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Read the following Passage and answer the questions Many academic researchers of the 1960s became interested in a type of research that came to be known as cultural studies Cultural studies did not depend on controlled experiments or statistical proof, but rather on careful observations of, and thinking about, both media and society. One of the best-know researchers (although by no means the first) in the cultural tradition was Marshall McLuhan. A Canadian Professor of English literature, McLuhan wrote that it was the nature of the communication technology itself, rather than the content that was carried on it, that changed society in radical ways. The characteristics of a medium such as television, much more than its content, he said, determine what a viewer will experience or as he famously put it"The medium is the message.’ For McLuhan, the idea that television could be either good or bad, depending on how it was used, was the stance of a technological idiot. Regardless of its content, a medium like television tended to deaden the critical faculties of individuals. Print at least encouraged logical thought, because it required a step-by-step decoding that was rational in nature. Television, on the other hand, encouraged irrationality by providing information all at one, without logical order and in an emotional, visual way rather than a rational, linear way McLuhan was a great believer in technological determinism, the theory that states that the introduction of new technology changes society, sometimes in unexpected ways

Which study did not depend on controlled statistical proof

Social Media Studies
Cultural Studies
New Media Studies
Television Media

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B. Cultural Studies

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Question 52 of 58Original Question No.: 100Asked in: December 2023 - 13 December 2023, Shift II

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Read the following Passage and answer the questions Many academic researchers of the 1960s became interested in a type of research that came to be known as cultural studies Cultural studies did not depend on controlled experiments or statistical proof, but rather on careful observations of, and thinking about, both media and society. One of the best-know researchers (although by no means the first) in the cultural tradition was Marshall McLuhan. A Canadian Professor of English literature, McLuhan wrote that it was the nature of the communication technology itself, rather than the content that was carried on it, that changed society in radical ways. The characteristics of a medium such as television, much more than its content, he said, determine what a viewer will experience or as he famously put it"The medium is the message.’ For McLuhan, the idea that television could be either good or bad, depending on how it was used, was the stance of a technological idiot. Regardless of its content, a medium like television tended to deaden the critical faculties of individuals. Print at least encouraged logical thought, because it required a step-by-step decoding that was rational in nature. Television, on the other hand, encouraged irrationality by providing information all at one, without logical order and in an emotional, visual way rather than a rational, linear way McLuhan was a great believer in technological determinism, the theory that states that the introduction of new technology changes society, sometimes in unexpected ways

Which media encouraged logical thoughts?

Television Media
Traditional Media
Print Media
Social Media

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C. Print Media

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Question 53 of 58Original Question No.: 44Asked in: June 2024 - 3 September 2024, Shift II

Arrange the following Apps in descending order of the percentage of users who use the Apps to share news according to Routers Institute Digital News Report 2024. Began with the most popular to decreasing order of population. (A) Whatsapp (B) Instagram (C) Facebook (D) Youtube (E) Telegram Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(B), (E), (A), 0), (9

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Option 2 gives the keyed pairing or order: (D), (A), ©, (8) (8). Reconstruct the dates or associations in digital journalism, social and mobile media before comparing the four sequences.

Question 54 of 58Original Question No.: 55Asked in: June 2024 - 3 September 2024, Shift II

Arrange the following in the ascending order in which they were launched. (A) YouTube launched (B) Facebook is launched (C) iphone publically released (D) Wikipedia is launched (E) Twitter launched Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 2 gives the keyed pairing or order: (D), (B), (A), (BE), ©. Reconstruct the dates or associations in digital journalism, social and mobile media before comparing the four sequences.

Question 55 of 58Original Question No.: 73Asked in: June 2024 - 3 September 2024, Shift II

_____ has provided a dedicated ____ platform as a personal space for storage, sharing and verification of documents and certificates, thus it is helping in eliminating use of physical documents, (A) Facebook (B) Digilocker (C) E-mail (D) Cloud based (E) Instagram Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(B) and (D) only
(A) and (B) only
(A) and (E) only

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A. (B) and (D) only

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Question 56 of 58Original Question No.: 4Asked in: June 2025 - 25 June 2025, 3-6 p.m.

) Q.54. =: Which of the following are web conferencing platforms? A. Google Meet B. Microsoft Teams C. Webex D. Zoom E. Twitter Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

B, C, D Only
A, D, E Only
A, B, C, D Only
A, B, C, D, E Only

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C. A, B, C, D Only

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Question 57 of 58Original Question No.: 24Asked in: June 2025 - 25 June 2025, 3-6 p.m.

Ad d a GET IT ON a4 Arrange in chronological order according to the year of launch, beginning from the first: A. Facebook B. Twitter C. Instagram D. YouTube E. LinkedIn Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

E,A, DB) C
A;¥%,D; B,C
A,B,E,;D,C
B,A,D,E,C

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A. E,A, DB) C

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Question 58 of 58Original Question No.: 35Asked in: June 2025 - 25 June 2025, 3-6 p.m.

Which of the following constructs explain Web 2.0? A. Social Networking B. User-added possibilities C. Static content D. Interaction orientation E. Personalization and customization of communication Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, B, D Only
A, B, D, E Only
A, B, C, D Only
A, D, E, Only

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B. A, B, D, E Only

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