WARMING UP
What do we mean by mass media?
Which mass media do you use most? Why?
Put the following words/ expressions under the right heading. Some might belong to more than one group.
● touch screen ● broadcast ● magazines ● station ● surfers ● messaging ● link ● band ● commercials ● national dailies ● audio and video downloads ● dubbed ● tuning ● circulation ● soap operas ● texting ● advertisements ● cable
● waves ● blogs ● ringtones ● newspapers ● voice mail ● editor ● listeners ● Bluetooth ● electronic superhighway
● viewers ● chatrooms ● tabloid ● channel ● headlines ● modem ● zapping ● browsing ● roaming ● transistor
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Radio and Television
Match the words to their definitions.
TV set
1) news
2) announcer
3) listeners
4) programme
5) reporter
6) commercial
7) a pohone -in competation
8) the media
9) bulletin
a) The organized means of dissemination of information and entertainment, such as the radio and the television, among others.
b) A contest in which you take part by calling to a specific Radio /TV programme.
c) an advertisement broadcast on radio or television
d) the box that shaped the world.
e) A radio or TV broadcast.
f) People who listen to the radio.
g) Regular reports of recent events.
h) A short news report.
i) A person who reads news or introduces programmes.
j) a person that collects and writes news stories.
The Press
a) Complete the following text with words/ expressions from the box. You can use them more than once.
◊ articles ◊ pictures ◊ stories ◊ popular papers ◊ readership ◊ headlines ◊ language ◊ news◊ serious and objective ◊ informal
◊ sensationalist ◊ extensive ◊ coverage of ◊ British ◊ simple ◊ national dailies ◊ quality papers ◊ paper(s)/newspaper(s) ◊ Britain
The British Press
Reading a daily ________________ is part of the _____________routine. Millions of _____________ are sold in _______________every day.
In fact, after the Japanese, the ______________ are the people who buy the most daily ______________ in the whole world.
The fact that ______________ are delivered door to door for a small extra charge contributes to a high rate of ______________.
Besides countless small local papers, there are ____________________. Some have a high quality. That’s why they are called ____________________. They used to have a large format – broadsheet, but nowadays some ____________________ have adopted the smaller format. They deal with an ______________________ political, financial, and foreign _____________, use formal ____________, have few _______________ and deal with the information in a ____________________________ way.
Others, __________________, are smaller in format – tabloids. They have lots of ______________, large _____________ and short ____________, written in ____________ and ___________ language, which deal with human interest ____________. This kind of newspapers handle the information in a ______________ way.
a) Fashion and beauty
b) motoring
c) sports
d) computers
e) healthy living, latest medical breakthroughs
f) Business, finance
g) Interior design and crafts work
h) Insightful analysis of today’s important events
i) TV programmes for the week
j) Teen style, friends, guys, college, careers, the stars and love.
k) Celebrities
l) music
m) Nature, old civilizations
l) Places. People and cultures
Internet and Mobiles
a) What do you use the Internet for?
1) to do research work
2) for web surfing
3) to send e-mails
4) to chat with my friends
5) to meet new people
6) to play games
7) for audio and video downloads
8) for shopping
9) to read the news
10) to watch my favourite TV programmes
11) to check the weather
12) other uses:
b) How many hours a day do you spend online?
c) Discuss your answers with the whole class.
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Autor: Kolinda Gabrilo