Two types of media

1. PRINT MEDIA
2. NON-PRINT
MEDIA
What is Media?
Media (medium) refers to the
communication outlets through which we
made known to the public different important
data like news, music, movies, education,
promotional messages and other data. It
includes physical and e-newspapers or online
newspapers, magazines, billboards, radio,
televisions, telephone and internet.
Print media is defined as any written
or pictorial form of communication
produced mechanically or
electronically using printing,
photocopying, or digital methods from
which multiple copies can be made
through automated processes.
Newspapers are published daily or weekly
and they cover different topics from local to
international news. They provide information
as well as entertainment.
Functions of newspapers:
a. As an information provider
b. As opinion builder
c. As entertainment provider
d. As a ground for advertising
Magazines are printed sheets that give
information in various events or topics.
Usually a magazine is issued periodically,
either annually, quarterly, monthly and
weekly.
Functions of magazines:
a. Provides information
b. Provides entertainment
c. Facilitates advertising
Non-print media is a means of
informing the people without using
paper or print. This type has become
very common to all people both as a
tool in the educational process and as
means of spreading information all
throughout the world.
TV and radio are examples
of broadcast media. Radio
was invented about a
century ago while the
television came up at the
end of the 1940s.
One fast growing medium is the
internet. It offers the people content
from all other forms of media. Many
people are depending on the
internet when they are working,
shopping, learning and even
spending leisure or pleasure time.
Mobile devices or cellphones
are wireless devices that can
receive and send messages,
browse the net, take photos, play
games, and record videos. It also
has applications that give users
access wherever and whenever.
Social Media is a combination
of online telecommunication
channels where netizens or
citizens using the internet
interact, share content, and
collaborate.
Podcast is a piece of audio-like
story, interview or documentary. It
can be downloaded from the
internet. It was created in the year
2014 and has become famous in the
later part. People enjoy podcasting
and listening to it wherever they are.
Website is a presentation of images,
videos or information posted on the
internet. By searching a certain keyword
using the search engine, it will lead you
to a certain website. Information posted
on this site varies from certain topics that
offer other links, advertisements and
other pop-out images.
Video is a recording of motion picture or
television program for playing through a
television set. Nowadays, video is
popularly found in the internet like in
Youtube, Facebook or Netflix. It can be
downloaded from Youtube and seen on
Facebook. Netflix offers a variety of
movies that you need to pay premium
before watching.
TYPES OF SOURCES
1. Primary Source is anything that
presents direct evidence or information
about the people, events, or phenomena
that you are looking for. The information
that you are researching comes from the
witnesses or comes from the actual
setting itself.
2. Secondary Source is
anything that describes,
interprets, evaluates, or analyzes
information out from the original
source. Some examples of this
are books, articles, reviews, and
essays.
Grammar Check!
Do you know interrogative sentence
or interrogatives?
- A sentence which asks for information
- It is a sentence that states a question
and requires a response. An
interrogative sentence ends with a
question mark (?)
- Yes/No questions are
questions that can be answered
with a yes or a no. Yes/No
questions are usually formed by
inverting the Be-verbs. (is, are,
am, was, were) and the subject.
 Remember to use the verb is (was) when the
subject is singular and the verb are (were) when
the subject is plural.
- Do, Does, and Did can also be used in
this way when dealing with action verbs.
Examples:
1. Does the Covid-19 scare make them stop
their print editions?
2. Do they still deliver news?
 Does is used when the subject is
singular and Do when the subject is plural.
- WH questions are interrogatives that
begin with what, who, when, where, why,
and how. These questions require specific
information.
Examples:
1. What made De Oro Daily stop its print
editions?
2. Where are they going to deliver news?