WORDS RELATED TO MASS MEDIA COMMERCIAL FEATURE FILM DOCUMENTARY BROADCAST MEDIA EASY ACCESS DIVERSE UP-TO DATE CHAT TO DOWNLOAD TO TRANSMIT SOCIAL NETWORK BACKGROUND INFORMATION SPOT DEMOGRAPHIC NEWSLETTER LEAFLET BILLBOARD PLACARD TO BRING TO THE FOREFRONT NEWSWORTHY PROMINENCE Match the definitions with the words/expressions in the box. 1.All the people and organizations that provide information and news for the public, including television. Radio and newspapers. 2. a social media site or application through which users can communicate with each other by adding information, messages, images, etc. 3.a printed sheet of paper or a few printed pages that are given free to advertise or give information about something 4.to send an electronic signal, radio or television broadcast, etc. 5.connected with the buying and selling of goods and services. 6.a main film with a story, rather than a documentary. 7.is used to allow connections to one's own personal computers without using a password. 8.is a film or a radio or television programme giving facts about something. 9.interesting and important enough to be reported as news 10.a large board on the outside of a building or at the side of the road, used for putting advertisements on 11.to make something become noticed by people 12.very different from each other and of various kinds 13.to talk in a friendly, informal way to somebody 14.to get data from another computer, usually using the internet 15.modern; fashionable 16.data relating to the population and different groups within it 17. is information given in a non-fiction essay/text that the reader needs in order to understand the overall theme of the text. 18.a report containing news of the activities of a club or organization that is sent regularly to all its members 19.the state of being important, well known or easy to notice 20.a large written or printed notice that is put in a public place or carried on a stick in a march 21. a part of a television, radio, club or theatre show that is given to a particular person or type of entertainment READ THE TEXT ABOUT THE MASS MEDIA. The mass media help deliver the information to the large groups of people. The media are deviced into different types. Broadcast media, also known as electronic media, transmit their information electronically and consist of television, radio, film, movies, CDs and DVDs. Radio consists of music, news, talk shows and commercials. Television broadcasts information and entertainment in the form of news and sports programmes, reality shows, TV games, documentaries, feature films, concerts, theatre performances and commercials. Internet media provide many mass media services, such as emails, websites, blogging, Internet and television. Owning to the Internet millions of people worldwide have easy, instant access to a vast and diverse amount of up-to-date information. They can access news, documents, chat rooms, images and sounds. They can also download music, movies and video games. Social media allow computer users to interact through social networks for business or pleasure. Print media publish news in the form of newspapers, magazines and other printed publications. Newspaper stories usually provide readers with extra detail and background information compared with TV news spots. Each magazine has a specific type of reader or and demographic. Newsletters, books, comics, brochures and leaflets represent additional print media types. Outdoor media comprise billboards, sings, placards and objects like shops and buses, flying billboards and skywriting. The organizations that control television stations or publishing companies are also known as the mass media. The mass media serve many functions, including circulating news, entertaining and educating people. The mass media have the power to form public opinion by bringing certain ideas to the forefront. People often draw conclusions based on what they have seen on TV, read in newspapers and magazines and heard on the radio. The mass media also determine what is newsworthy by giving certain stories prominences.
