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Ur{ I I )3=Fh* pr*s as=# $h* sx=*daThe term rhe mass media in English refers basicall,v to TV, radio and newspapers: means

of communication rvhrch ,.a.h"u.ry large numbers of peopie- This page looks at some,r.f.rl r,vords for taiking about the muss m.dia and about publishing in general'

Radio and televisionTyp.,ofprogrammes:documentariesnewsbroadcastscurrentaffairsprogrammes

'roup oi.rrs [continuing stories about the lives of a set of charactersl quizzes,it.o*, [comedies ..n,ling around a set of characters in a particular situationldrama chat shorvs detlctive stories spofts programmes rveather forecastsmusicprogrammesgameshow,s[r,vhereContestantsCompeteforprizes]variety shorvs commercials Iadverts]

A serial is a story that continues from one programme or episode to the next' A series isabout the same characters or has th. ,u-.]orat each lveek but each programme iscomplete in itself.

Films originally made in a different language may'have-sub-titles so you can read atranslation of rvhat the characters are saying r be dubbed, so You hear rvhat they aresaying in your orvn language.

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NewspapersParts of the newspaper: headlines nelvs reports

the eclitor] feature articles, e'g' about fashion orcrossrvord small ads business nelvs sports

edrtorial fan opinion article ',vritten bv-socials trends horoscope cartoonsreports scandal the letters Page

lv{ake sure yor-r knor'v the verbs in these sentences'The BBC \{brld Service broadcasts throughout the r'vorid'I can receive / pick up broadcasts from Nloscor'v on my radro'They're showing a good film on TV tonrght'iU, Uoot o.rn, irblirhed by CUp and it rvas printed in Cambridge.The film rvas shot / made on location in Spain'They cut/censored the film before shorving it on TV'Thii article/programme has been badly edited'

See Unit 99 for the language of ner'r'spaper headiines'

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A popular or tabloid newspaper focuses more on sensation than real nervs r'vhereas aquality newspaper p.of.ss., L b. Inot. interested in reai ner'vs than in sensation' A tabloid.rr.ruily has n ,-o11.r format than a quality paper, it has larger headlines and shortersrories and, in Britain, ii pr.f.r, ,rorL, about ii1- stars, violent crimes and the royali"ify. A jurnal i, ti. ,,urr',. usuall.v given to an academic magazine" A colour supplementi, u ^gur;ne lvhich comes out once a r,veek (often on Sundays) as an addition to a,r.r,-.pJp... A comic is a magazine, usually for chrldren or teenagers, rvith lots of picturestories and/or cartoons.

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II Journalists and people in the medialv{atch the lr.ords rnd definitions.commentator clitic editorpresenter press photogrirpher-

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photographers ivho fcrllor'r, fhmor-rs people around to get good photos of them to sell to a ne\\ispapera person lvho t,rites about the good / bad qr-ralities of books, concerts, plrys, films, etc.a person rvho describes a sports event lr.hile it's happening on TV or radioa person rr,ho collects and reports nervs tbr nelvspapers, radio, or TVa person in charge of a neivspaper or magazine, or part of one, r,vho decides rl,h'it should be in ita person lvho introduces the different sections of a radio or TV programn-rea person,,r.ho rvrites articles for dilferent papers and is not en-rploy-ed bv a single ner,\spapera person rr.ho reads the nelvs on TV or radioa person rvho takes photos for a ner,vspaper

Sections of a newspaper or news websiteN{atch the lvords and pictures.

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Adiectives to describe the mediaNfatch tlre sentences. Ther-r look at the lvay the boldadjectives are used in context, and guess their meaning.i The reporting ir the paper \,ras verv sensational

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2 'fhe ner,vs on that TV channei is real1,v biased l'baresti.3 I think The Obserlet.is the most objeltive of the

Sundar,- papers.4 The fi1m revie,,v r,r,as quite accurate 1'rkjaret,.5 I think the repolt r.r.as censored.

A It said the piot \\as poor but the acting good, rvhichrvas qr-rite true.

B It bases its stories just on facts, not on feeiings or beliels.C The nervspaper lvasn't allorved to publish all the details,D It made the storv more shocking than it reallv rvas.E You can't believe an,ything yor-r hear on it. It,s obvious

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Can you rernember the words on this page?Test yourself or a partner.

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4 The language of headlineslvfatch the highlighted 'headline phrases'rvith its meaning.

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