Средства массовой информации

• АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
• 8 класс

• Тема урока:Mass Media

Newspapers are world’s mirrors Газеты – зеркало мира

A good newspaper is

a nation talking to itself.

Посредством газет нация говорит сама с собой

TV is an open window to the world

Телевидение – это распахнутое окно в мир.

Theme:

The world of mass media

What is the media?

• Mass media can be defined as channels of communication with the help of which information is delivered to the audience.

• TELEVISION

• RADIO

• NEWSPAPERS

• MASS MEDIA

• INTERNET

• MAGAZINES

Role of mass media in the life of the society

It is difficult to overestimate the role of mass media in our life. Media influence people's consciousness, creating a certain public opinion.

They also play a great role in the formation of a personality. With the help of mass media it became possible to quickly learn about things that happen around the world.

• to inform people
• to educate people
• to entertain people

• a paper printed and sold usually daily or weekly with news, advertisements etc.;
• the process of sending and receiving messages through the air; broadcasting programmes for people to listen to;
• broadcasting programmes (the news, plays, advertisements, shows, etc.) for people to watch on their television sets;
• a newspaper with rather small pages, many pictures and little serious news;
• a way to communicate with your partner who might be a thousand miles away using the computer (e-mails).

• Television
• Newspaper
• Tabloid
• Radio
• The Internet

The earliest kind of Mass media was newspaper.

The first newspaper was Roman handwritten newssheet called “Acta Diurna” started in 59 b.c.

The first printed newspaper was published in 1605

Magazines appeared in 1700’s

A newspaper is a publication containing news and information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. It may be general or special interest, most often published daily or weekly.

Newspapers

Daily

Weekly

Local

Sunday

Newspapers

National

Quality

(Broadsheets)

Popular

(Tabloids)

Quality papers are serious . They report and explain news with the aim of informing readers as fully as possible.

Popular papers write about entertainment, present stories, photographs and larger eye-catching headlines.

Daily or weekly newspapers . That means how often they are published.

Local or national – depend on the area over which they are sold

Morning or evening newspaper depend on when they are published

Now, answer some questions:

• What was the earliest kind of Mass media?

2. When was the first printed newspaper publish?

3. What do serious newspapers report?

4. What do popular newspapers write about?

5. How often are daily papers published?

6. How often are weekly papers published?

Read the text. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line .

• In Britain there are 12 national (1) ____________ newspapers DAY
• and most people read one of (2) ____________ every day. THEY
• Daily newspapers are (3) ________________ on every day PUBLISH
• of the week except Sunday. Sunday newspapers are
• (4) ___________ than daily newspapers. All the Sunday LARGE
• newspapers are (5) ______________ . Most national news- NATION
• papers in Britain express a (6) ________________ opinion, POLITICS
• most of them right-wing, and people (7) _____________ the CHOICE
• newspaper that they read according to (8) ___________ own THEY
• political (9) _____________ . BELIEVE
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Read the text. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line .

• In Britain there are 12 national (1) ____ daily newspapers DAY
• and most people read one of (2) __them ____ every day. THEY
• Daily newspapers are (3) __ published ______ on every day PUBLISH
• of the week except Sunday. Sunday newspapers are
• (4) _ larger ____ than daily newspapers. All the Sunday LARGE
• newspapers are (5) national ____ . Most national news- NATION
• papers in Britain express a (6 ) political _____ opinion, POLITICS
• most of them right-wing, and people (7) __ choose ____ the CHOICE
• newspaper that they read according to (8) __their ___ own THEY
• political (9) _ beliefs ___ . BELIEVE
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Listen to the text. For questions 1-5, decide whether they are true or false according to the text.

• Radio Corporation of America is important in the modern world.
• Television has wide influence.
• Television is bad for culture, some people say.
• Television only provides us information but doesn`t affect customs and culture.
• Some people try to avoid television.

Television.

The first commercial television broadcast was made on April 20, 1939 by Radio Corporation of America. Since 1939, it has become one of the most important facts of modern life. Television is very much a part of modern world. Its influence is felt all over the world.

Television is a reflection of the modern world, some people say. It shows contemporary society.

It affects customs and culture, others say.

Television is bad for culture because it keeps culture from growing, still others say.

Good or bad, television is difficult to avoid. It enters homes, stores, airports, and offices. It is here to stay.

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Good luck!