DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (MC JR)/MJMC DEGREE EXAMINATION,
MAY 2016.
MEDIA HISTORY AND LAWS IN INDIA
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Press freedom.
2. Development of radio in India.
3. Defamation.
4. RNI.
5. Advertisement Ethics.
6. Muckraking.
7. CBFC.
8. Intellectual Property Rights.
PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Explain the Copyright Act in India.
10. Describe the Indian Post Office Act 1898 and the Indian
Telegraph Act 1933.
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11. Explain the Indecent Representation of Women
(Prohibition) Act, 1954.
12. Give your opinion of bias news in Tamil Channels.
13. Describe the development of Indian cinema.
14. Give your opinion of the violation of laws and ethics in
latest advertisement with few examples.
15. Explain the working women journalists Act, 1955, 1958.