Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I:In communication, codes have never been neutral in their reception.
Statement II:Codes always represent meanings, reflecting partiality.
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
Both the given claims are correct, so codes always carry embedded meaning and bias.
Codes have never been neutral in their reception because every receiver decodes them through personal, social and cultural frames.
Codes always represent meanings and reflect partiality because encoding selects one viewpoint and leaves out others.
Reception is an active reading, not a blank transfer, so the receiver's interests colour the decoded sense.
Partiality signals that the sender's position or ideology travels inside the chosen code.
A truly neutral code would need identical decoding by all, which real communication never delivers.
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