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NEWSPAPERS IN THE UKUnit 5. Mass Media VOCABULARY LIST 5. Printed Media 1. newspapers 2. magazines 3. journals 4. supplement; 5. national 6. local 7. daily 8. weekly 9. monthly 10. broadsheets 11. quality press 12. tabloids 13. yellow press 14. gutter press 15. printing house 16. printed media 17. press; 18. circulation 19. copy 20. to issue 21. to publish; 22. editor 23. editorial office 24. regular reporting 25. reporter 26. staff reporter 27. free-lance correspondent 28. reporter on the ground/spot 29. columnist 30. contributor 31. editorial page 32. editorial staff 33. editorial board 34. press tycoon 35. mogul 36. baron 37. Fleet Street 38. article 39. column 40. paragraph 41. headline 42. heading 43. caption 44. table of contents 45. sub-title 46. coverage 47. to cover 48. editorial 49. feature article 50. laudatory article 51. obituary 52. gossip column 53. advertising 54. advertisement 55. ad 56. advertiser 57. recruitment ad 58. readership 59. target audience 60. to subscribe to; 61. subscribers 62.subscription 2. Broadcasting Corporations:Radio and TV 1. to broadcast 2. to telecast 3. to televise; 4. cable TV 5. satellite TV; 6. live/recorded broadcast 7. on air 8. prime-time 9. news 10. news reports 11. updates 12. newscasts 13. reporter on the ground/spot 14. viewers 15. audience 16. popularity ratings 17. anchorman 18. to anchor 19. quiz 20. talk-show 21. host/hostess 22. to host 23. presenter 24. in front of the cameras 25. story; 26. advertising slot 27. TV commercial 28. coverage 29. to cover; 30. to break a story/ news 31. to mirror/reflect 32. to interview Privacy,Freedom of Speech and Censorship
1. paparazzi 2. photographer; 3. door-stepping 4. eavesdropping 5. trespassing 6. sensation 7. scoop 8. intrusion 9. invasion 10. intervention into privacy 11. close-circuit video 12. to sue for damages/libel; 13. to cater for 14. mouthpiece 15. impartial/unbiased coverage 16. to get information from reliable sources 17. to censor 18. censorship 19. freedom of press; 20. to restrict 21. freedom of speech 22. to curb
NEWSPAPERS IN THE UK Before you read think - Do all newspapers provide reliable information? Why? - What British newspapers do you know?What kind of informatiom do they provide? All newspapers in Britain, daily or Sunday ones, can broadly be divided into the quality press and the popular press. The quality newspapers are also known as “heavies” and they usually deal with home and overseas news, with detailed and extensive coverage of sports and cultural events. Besides they also carry financial reports, travel news and book and film reviews. They are characterised by large headlines, carry a lot of big photographs, concentrate on the personal aspects of news, with reports of the recent sensational and juicy bits of events, not excluding the Royal family. The language of a tabloid is much more colloquial, if not specific, than that of quality newspapers. “The Times” is read by the people who run the country; “The Mirror” is read by the people who think they run the country; “The Guardian” is read by the people who think about running the country; “The Mail” is read by wives of the people who run the country; “The Daily Telegraph” is read by the people who think the country ought to be run as it used to be; “The Express” is read by the people who think it is still run as it used to be; “The Sun” is read by the people who don’t care who runs the country as long as the naked girl at page three is attractive.
In general, however, English people themselves, though slightly sniffy and condescending about their “populars”, underline that the quality of newspapers in Great Britain of late is much better than 20 years ago. They argue that it is much lower if they take the example of “The Times” newspaper, which was taken over by Rupert Murdoch in the early eighties. He is the owner of News International and is among the people who have control over the press. Rupert Murdoch also owns “The Sun”, which is, as it has already been stressed, a very low quality newspaper. To increase readership into “The Times” he gradually increases a lot of techniques in it similar to those he introduced in “The Sun” paper.
Most people in Great Britain perceive the press in Great Britain as objective, since they claim that there is no overt censorship, no overt bias in reporting the news, and that there is a wide choice of newspapers apart from the national dailies.
Date: 2016-01-03; view: 2588
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