DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (MC &JR/MJMC) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
DECEMBER 2017.
MEDIA HISTORY AND LAWS IN INDIA
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions in 200 words each.
1. What is Historiography?
2. Write a short note on Copyright Act 1957.
3. What is SITE Experiment?
4. Chanda Committee.
5. RTI Act.
6. Cybercrimes.
7. What is defamation? Give the types of defamation.
8. MRTP Act.
PART B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions in 400 words each.
9. Describe the history of Radio in India.
10. Describe code of ethics of Indian Press Council.
11. Write about various laws brought by the British India
government to curtail the freedom movement.
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12. How the Act of defamation affects the freedom of press?
13. Elucidate the Indian Telegraph Act- 1885 and Indian
Post office Act- 1898.
14. Write a short history of development of Tamil film
industry.
15. What are the laws drafted to control the advertisements?
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