Mass Media ( для 9 класса)

Mass Media.

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When I wished I were what I am.

Riddles

You know mass media. But what are their definitions? Listen to my riddles and try to guess it.

Find out advantages (plus sides) and disadvantages (minus sides) of mass media.

Advantages

Disadvantages

Match the words

Soap

programme

Music

media

Weather

competitions

Mass

opera

Sports

show

Talk

forecast

a ) a TV or radio programme or an article giving information about sports competitions

b) the process of sending and receiving messages through the air

c ) a serial about relationships between people especially about love usually with a happy end

d) a way to communicate with your partner who might be a thousand miles away using the computer

e ) a TV programme where people discuss different problems expressing their opinions

f) broadcasting programmes for people to watch on their television sets

g ) a set of questions on different subjects to be asked

h) a paper printed and sold usually daily or weekly with news, advertisements

i ) a short film or a short article which gives us information about an object and makes us buy it

j) a programme which gives us information about the modern trends of music and lets us listen to it

1 Television

2 Newspaper

3 Advertisement

4 Quiz

5 Talk show

6 The Internet

7 Radio

8 Music programme

9 Soap opera

10 Sports news

1. - What programme is it? - It is a … 2. - What is this programme about? - It is a programme, where we can know about …

What programme is it? It is a …

• How many hours a day do you watch TV?
• What TV programmes do you prefer?
• Do you watch TV before or after you have done your homework?
• What is your favourite TV programme?
• Why do you like it?
• What TV programmes do your parents watch?

• Do you buy newspapers and magazines?
• What newspapers and magazines do you read?
• How often do you read them?
• What information do you prefer to read?
• Do you always follow the advice given in the magazines?
• Do you enjoy looking at the photos?

National newspapers – национальные, народные газеты

Local newspapers – местные газеты

Daily newspapers – ежедневные газеты

Sunday newspapers – газеты воскресенье

Quality/serious newspapers – качественные/серьезные газеты

Tabloids – таблоиды (малоформатные тексты со сжатым текстом)

To express – выражать

To be published – публиковаться

Except – кроме

Besides – кроме того

Detailed articles – подробные статьи

Newspapers are divided into 2 types by publication: - daily newspapers; - Sunday newspapers

Newspapers are divided into 2 types by information: - serious/quality newspapers; - tabloids

• National newspapers express a political opinion. Local newspapers contain a lot of advertisements, news and information about films, concerts, other things that are happening in the local area.
• Daily newspapers are published on every day of the week except Sunday. Sunday newspapers are published only on Sunday. Besides, they are larger than daily newspapers.
• Quality/serious newspapers have many detailed articles about national and international events. Tabloids are smaller in size, have more pictures and shorter articles about less important events or about private lives of well-known people.

HOMEWORK

ex. 19, 20, p. 87.