Match List I (Medium) with List II (Characteristic) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.

List I

i.Video-on-demand

ii.Datacasting on Internet

iii.Cinema

iv.Television

List II

a.Absence of being live

b.'There and then' production

c.Nowness

d.Invocational

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

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

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

Di-d, ii-a, iii-b, iv-c ✓ Correct

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

Explanation

The correct pairing links each medium with its true temporal characteristic.

Video-on-demand matches invocational, since content is called up by the user on request.

Datacasting on the internet matches absence of being live, as its data is delivered without live transmission.

Cinema matches 'there and then' production, reflecting its recording made in another place and time.

Television matches nowness, capturing its sense of live, present-moment broadcast.

Tying television to a recorded 'there and then' or cinema to nowness would break these true medium-to-trait links.

These distinctions turn on each medium's relation to liveness and time.

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