Intermediate level
Read the text and mark the statements true, false or not stated.

Mass media here means communication through a number of physical transmission modes such as print, audio, visual, audio-visual, and electronic forms to a general mass of common persons, irrespective of their position, intellectual attainments, or social status, etc.
It is a means by which almost all current human affairs are collected, recorded, and disseminated for the consumption of any common person.
It is an instrument by which the general common public is kept informed of political activities of a state, international relations between countries, economic and business affairs, industrial relations, games and sports, cultural events and entertainments, and a host of other subjects.
Mass media is typically represented by printed daily newspapers, weekly, fortnightly monthly magazines; broadcasting over radio, telecasting over television, and a number of other combinations of audio and visual communications.
This field has expanded very rapidly with the advances in information and communication technology. These have become very powerful tools in political, economic, business, cultural, and in every other human activity.

1 Mass media very much depends on readers' position, intellectual attainments and social status. ...
2 Mass media is aimed at ordinary people. ...
3 It is used as an instrument to form political views of the general common public during the election periods. ...
4 Mass media is mainly represented by video, music and photo content. ...
5 Mass media has become a powerful tool in politics. ...