Types of Traditional Media
Telangana Open School (TOSS) · Class 12 · Mass Communication
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What to Focus On
- Drama is a participative and interactive form of traditional media.
- It reflects daily life, mythology, and social issues.
- Audience involvement is common in traditional drama.
- Performed in open public spaces without a stage or special equipment.
- Encourages direct interaction between performers and audience.
- Used to spread awareness on social and political issues.
- Puppets are controlled manually using strings, rods, gloves, or shadows.
- Stories are narrated in verse or prose with visual support from puppets.
- Used for entertainment, education, and social awareness.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Street theatre is just a smaller version of regular drama and has no unique purpose.
All traditional media forms are based on religious epics like Ramayana or Mahabharata.
Puppetry is only for children and has no serious social role.
Memory Tips
List of traditional media forms: drama, street theatre, puppetry, dance, storytelling, song, music, painting, motifs and symbols
Four types of puppets: glove, string, rod, shadow
Glove puppets in India: Orissa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
String puppets: Katputli (Rajasthan), Sakhi Kundhei (Orissa), Putla Nach (Assam)
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