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

Statement I:Language and other symbolic means of mass communication are social products.

Statement II:Communication media always make their audiences feel comfortable.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false

CStatement I is true but Statement II is false ✓ Correct

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Explanation

The first statement is true and the second is false.

Language and the other symbolic means of mass communication are indeed social products, built up and shared within a community and its history.

Their meanings hold only because society agrees on them, which makes them collective creations.

The second statement claims communication media always make their audiences feel comfortable, an absolute that does not hold.

Media often unsettle, provoke, alarm or challenge audiences rather than soothing them.

The sweeping word always is what makes the second claim untrue.

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