Match List I (Media function) with List II (Objective) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.

List I

i.Surveillance

ii.Correlation

iii.Propaganda

iv.Cultural transmission

List II

a.To influence public opinion

b.To provide pleasure

c.Supply of information

d.Interpretation

Ai-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d

Bi-b, ii-c, iii-d, iv-a

Ci-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b ✓ Correct

Di-d, ii-a, iii-b, iv-c

Correct answer: (C) i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b

Explanation

Surveillance works by the supply of information about events and surroundings.

Correlation works through interpretation, linking and explaining those events for the audience.

Propaganda works by influencing public opinion toward a chosen position.

Cultural transmission is here paired with providing pleasure passed across generations.

Each function names a distinct social task the media perform.

Lasswell and Wright framed these classic functions of mass communication.

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