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Identify the correct sequence of mass media functions:

1.Entertainment
2.Information
3.Transmission of culture
4.Social integration
5.Education
A1, 3, 4, 5, 2
B2, 3, 5, 4, 1
C2, 5, 1, 3, 4 ✓ Correct
D3, 4, 5, 1, 2
Correct answer: (C) 2, 5, 1, 3, 4
Explanation

The sequence of mass media functions runs Information, Education, Entertainment, Transmission of culture, Social integration, which is the order 2, 5, 1, 3, 4.

Information as statement 2 comes first, the primary duty of media to keep the public aware of events.

Education as statement 5 follows, media instructing and enlightening beyond mere news.

Entertainment as statement 1 comes next, the widely used function of amusement and diversion.

Transmission of culture as statement 3 then carries values and heritage across society and generations.

Social integration as statement 4 closes the sequence, media binding a scattered public into a shared whole.

Lasswell and Wright classic accounts list surveillance, correlation, cultural transmission and entertainment among media functions.

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