53 106 The press and media ‘The term the mass media in English refers basically to TV, radio and newspapers: means of communication which reach very large numbers of people. This page looks at some useful words for talking about the mass media and about publishing in general. Radio and tele: ion ‘Types of TV programmes: documentaries news broadcasts current affairs programmes soap operas quizzes sitcoms drama chat shows detective stories sports programmes ‘weather forecasts music programmes game shows variety shows commercials A serial isa story that continues from one programme or episode to the next. A series is about the same characters or has the same format each week but each programm complete in itself. on/off button a video tapescassette ON/OFF remote control satellite dish camcorder Newspapers and publishing Parts of the newspaper: headlines news reports the editorial feature articles, e.g. about fashion or social trends horoscope cartoons crossword small ads business news sports reports scandal the letters page A popular or tabloid newspaper focuses more on sensation than real news whereas a quality newspaper professes to be more interested in real news than in sensation. A tabloid usually has a smaller format than a quality paper, it has larger headlines and shorter stories and, in Britain, it prefers stories about film stars, violent crimes and the royal family. A journal is the name usually given to an academic magazine. A colour supplement is a magazine which comes out once a week (often on Sundays) as an addition to a newspaper. A comic is a magazine, usually for children or teenagers, with lots of picture stories and/or cartoons. Make sure you know the verbs in these sentences. ‘The BBC World Service broadcasts throughout the world, ean reeeive / pick up broadcasts from Moscow on my radio. They're showing a good film on TV tonight, This book was published by CUP but it was printed in Hong Kong. The film was shot / made on location in Spain. They cut / censored the film before showing it on TV. This article / programme has been badly edited See Unit 92 for the language of newspaper headlines. English Vocobulary in Use53.1 53.2 53.3 53.4 53.5 53.6 Exercises ‘What sort of TV programmes do you think these would be? 1 Murder at the Match 4. The $10,000 Question 2 The Amazing Underwater World $- Last Week in Parliament 3. World Cup Special 6 Hamlet from Stratford Give the name of one programme you know in your country of each type listed in B. Write definitions explaining what jobs each of these people involved in the media do? Example: A make-up artist makes up the faces of people who are to appear on TV. 1 a foreign correspondent 6 a bookseller 2 asub-editor 7 a publisher 3 a continuity person 8 a columnist 4 an editor 9 a camera operator 5 alibrarian 10 a critic Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with the most appropriate word from the opposite Page. 1 He doesn’t even get up from the sofa to change channels; he just presses the on the 2 You can hear BBC news all over the world. 3 Ashort wave or a VHF radio can many interesting stations. 4 Although our cons Was expensive, we've taken some priceless film of cour children. 5 Children often prefer looking at -«. to reading books. Choose any newspaper (it could be in your own language if you can't find an English one) and complete the following sentences. 1 The main story today is about 2 The editorial is about - 3 There are readers’ letters on page and they deal with the following, topics: 4 The most interesting feature is about cos 5 There is some scandal on page ... a crossword on page ya cartoon on PAGE... seus. and some small ads on page : . 6 The most interesting business story is about bos and the largest sports article is about. : The most striking photograph shOWS .....0.-» one . : There are advertisements £0F 0500 en An article about bs “ cue OM Page coos Made me feel 2 Look at the TV page of an English language paper and/or listen to the News on the BBC World Service, Make a note of any other useful vocabulary on this theme. English Vocabulary in Use 107