THE MEDIA
CHAPTER 11
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
By the end of the lesson, students will
be able to
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Distinguishing facts from theories
Explain the outline of the reading
text
Part One
What are various ways to
learn about the news?
Do you read a newspaper in
English? If so how often?
What is the major Englishlanguage newspaper in
Indonesia?
Do you Indonesian
newspapers? If so, how
often? Which parts do you
read?
What do you know about
yellow journalism
newspapers/media?
How to Read a Newspaper
• Pre-reading
Briefly look over the list of words from the reading that follows:
Tricks
Doorstep
Pitcher
Tabloid
Gossip
Editorials
Headlines
Password
mug
register
overstressed
op-ed
customized
yellow journalism
“hard-news”
Getting Meaning from Context
On the lines, write words from the reading selection that fit
these definitions that fits the definitions. The letters in
parentheses indicate the paragraph.
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2.
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5.
6.
Succeed in doing two things with one action (A):___
The place where you enter a house (B):__________
A kind of newspaper that does not focus on true news
(C):______
The page of newspaper that has opinions of the publisher
and of readers (D):___
The opinion of the editor or publisher, in the form of a
column (similar to an article) (D):____
The title of a newspaper article (E):___
• Read the text entitled “How to Read
a Newspaper” Interactions 2, pp.
242-244
Discuss your answers to these questions with
your friends:
1. Which sections of the newspaper do you
prefer? Why?
2. If you sometimes read a newspaper in
English. Does it help you to improve your
English? Which section help you the most?
3.3. Distinguishing Facts from Theories
Write fact or opinions for each statement taken from the
selection paragraphs pp 249-250
Police Ethics
1. __ The Police chief does not want the truth about the
incident to be uncovered.
Cliffhanger
1. __The Jaguars and Supernovas played at Space Stadium last
night.
Surviving Survivor
1. __The people on “Survivor” were greedy and boring.
2. __There are plans to release other similar program.
Virginia Woolf Meets Moder Soul-Mates
1. __The Hours is Micahel Cunningham’s third novel
2. __His prose is careful and original.
Part Two
• After New Order era, it is not difficult to find Indonesian press
which directly criticism the president. Under Suharto
administrative, no media was dare to challenge the government. The
text is about the relationship between the President (Wahid) and the
press.
http://www.perspektif.net/articles/view.asp?id=49
• After reading the text, students will discuss how important the role
of media for government. How was Wahid perceived by Media?
Were they supporting the Government? Were they critical toward
the government? What did the Gus Dur’s minister comment on the
issue?
Part Three
• Find two local media (tabloid or newspaper) as the
examples of ”yellow” journalism. What is the
dominant issue exposed by the media? Do you
think their news balanced and accurate? Do you
feel entertained when you read them. Explain your
answer with evidence. The task will be submitted
on the following meeting (p. 12)