In communication theory, the Internet medium is described using which of the…
2024
In communication theory, the Internet medium is described using which of the following expressions?
(A) Restricted possibility
(B) Unimpressive theology
(C) Universalist
(D) Redemptive
(E) Electronic assembly
Choose the correct combination.
Answer: C. (C), (D), (E) only — ConceptMedia discourse is analyzed by matching claims to the source’s own conceptual vocabulary. A descriptor is supported when the source explicitly…
- A.
(A), (B), (C) only
- B.
(B), (C), (D) only
- C.
(C), (D), (E) only
- D.
(A), (B), (E) only
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: C
Concept
Media discourse is analyzed by matching claims to the source’s own conceptual vocabulary.
A descriptor is supported when the source explicitly attributes it to the Internet; a property assigned to another medium or an altered phrase must not be transferred to it.
Application
In Communication Theory: Media, Technology and Society, the Internet is heralded as ‘universalist and redemptive’, and the discourse speaks of salvation through an ‘electronic assembly’.
These three expressions directly describe the Internet in the cited passage.
Contrast
Restricted possibility: the passage assigns restricted and unequal possibilities to broadcast media, not as a descriptor of the Internet.
Unimpressive theology: the passage says that the rhetoric attains theological proportions; it does not use ‘unimpressive theology’.
Universalist, redemptive, and electronic assembly: these expressions occur in the description of the Internet.
Cross-check
The exact 29 August 2024 UGC NET Paper 1 reproduction gives the combination (C), (D), and (E) only. The source passage and the exam answer therefore converge on the same set.
Result
Thus the accepted combination is (C), (D), and (E) only.