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 initial stages, mass communication was considered as a study of propaganda.

Statement II:Now it has its linguistic component in terms of signs, code and language.

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 its early stages mass communication was studied as propaganda.

Wartime persuasion research shaped the field's beginnings.

The second claim stands because it now carries a linguistic component of signs, code and language.

The semiotic turn added the analysis of meaning to the discipline.

Both statements trace the shift from propaganda study to sign and language analysis.

This reflects the move from the process school to the semiotic school.

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