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Nowadays, email has become a popular method of

sending messages.

We can remain in close contact with anybody through

a telephone. It can be either through a landline or a
mobile phone. The mobile phone has reached almost

every part of our country. An app called WhatsApp E-mail
can be used to send messages.

Mass Communication

Letters, e-mail and telephones provide communication between two
persons at a time. Sometimes, we have to communicate with a large

number of people at the same time. We can reach them through radio,
television, newspapers, films and magazines. These are called the means

of mass communication.

In our country, the All India Radio broadcasts news in English, Hindi

and regional languages. Now the FM channels have become very popular.

The television (TV) has become more popular as we can see the picture

also. Many programmes are shown live on the television. The national
television broadcasting service is called Doordarshan. There are many

private channels, which telecast programmes 24 × 7.

Cinemas show documentaries, news clips and feature films. Films provide
entertainment. Documentaries give visual information about education,

health and social problems. India is the largest producer of feature films

in the world. Newspapers and magazines provide information about the
various events happening in the world.

AT ONE GO

 Transport and communication are closely related. They make the lifeline of a country.

 The main means of transport are roads, railways, waterways and airways.
 The Indian railways is the second longest network in Asia and the fourth largest in the world.
 The main means of communication are postal services, fax, radio, T.V., newspapers, magazines,
films, e-mail and the Internet.

 T.V., radio, newspapers and magazines are called the means of mass communication.

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