Mass Communication noted for MCJ Entrance Test OU

Mass Communication

1. Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867
2. First press council was set up in 1966
3. Official Secrets Act 1923
4. The Drugs and Magic Remedies (objectionable advertisement) Act, 1954
5. The copy right act, 1957
6. The press council act 1978
7. Empolyees (conditions of service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1995
8. In 1936, the Indian radio was designated as All India Radio
9. Foreign Direct Investment in non-News Sector limit enhanced to 100 per cent from 74%
10. The first programme was broadcast in 1923 by the radio club of Bombay
11. AIR today has 223 broadcasting centres covering 99.13% population in the country.
12. Doordarshan: 15 September, 1959
13. Colour Television in India in 1982 on the occassion of 9th Asian Games
14. DD Saptagiri - Telugu
15. DD Chandana - Kannada
16. DD Sahyadri - Marathi
17. DD Podhigal - Tamil
18. The office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) came into existence on 1st July, 1956
19. PTI founded on 27 August, 1947
20. UNI - 19 December, 1959
21. Kurukshetra published on behalf of Ministry of Rural Development.
22. VSAT - Very Small Aperture Terminal
23. CUG - Closed User Group
24. GSO - Geostationary Satellite Orbit
25. ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
26. NGN - next generation Network
27. Formation of Prasar Bharati - 23 November, 1997
28. DD Sports Channel - 18 March, 1999
29. Launch of 24 hours news channel DD News - 3 November, 2002
30. PIB - Press Information Bureau
31. AFP - Agency France Presse
32. Reuters the London based news agency agrees to 8.7 bn pound takeover by Thomson Corporation
33. Press Council of India total 28 members. 20- newspaper world, 5 MPs, 1 each from Sahitya Academy, Bar Council of India and University Grants Commission
34. The decisions of the press council are final and cannot be questioned in any court of law
35. Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) set up under the Cinematograph Act, 1952 - headquarters at Mumbai
36. Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) was established in 1955
37. DAVP - Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
38. October 2, 1957 Vividh Bharati launched
39. The first radio broadcasting station in AP was started from Vijayawada on Dec 1, 1948
40. Verghese committe - Janata regime
41. 1978 - Hyderabad Doordarshan Kendra was launched
42. ETV (Eenadu Television) - 27 August, 1995
43. Maa TV - April 10, 2002
44. Typology of communication – interpersonal, intra personal, group, mass communication.
45. Roger’s theory of Diffusion of innovation.
46. Different types of copy – Agency copy, Bureau copy, Mofussil Copy