Match List I (Communication codes) with List II (Characteristics) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.

The communication codes pair with their characteristics as follows.

Statement 1, the nature code, matches reflecting the socio-cultural world, since it renders the natural and lived environment into shared signs.

Statement 2, the technical code, matches the operational modes of media, since it concerns the working conventions and devices of a medium.

Statement 3, the ideological code, matches the reflection of mass or collective perception, since it carries the shared beliefs and value orientations of a group.

Statement 4, the aesthetic code, matches the appreciation of cultural artifacts, since it governs judgements of form, style and beauty.

Each code thus lines up with the level of meaning it organises, from the natural to the technical, the ideological and the aesthetic.