Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Statement I:In the earlier days of mass communication, content creators played an important role in society.

Statement II:They represented and defined reality by authoring narratives to explain it to the audience.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true ✓ Correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false

CStatement I is true but Statement II is false

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Explanation

The first claim stands because in early mass communication content creators held an important social role.

They shaped what audiences knew and how they saw the world.

The second claim stands because they represented and defined reality by authoring narratives to explain it.

Storytellers and editors framed events into meaningful accounts for the public.

Both statements describe the gatekeeping power of early media producers.

This power has since dispersed with user-generated new media.

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