MEDIA

PRESS

1. Newspapers - dailies, weeklies national, local

2. Magazines

NEWSPAPERS

Broadsheets (quality papers): lots of pages, fewer photos, more difficult language, it focuses on some topic

Tabloids: smaller pages, dramatic headlines, lots of colour pages, plenty of photos, shorter arlicles, sensations, simple language

GBThe Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Guardian The Sun, The Daily Express, …

USAUSA Today, The New York Times, Herald Tribute

MAGAZINES

Main content: entertainment, advice or gossip

For women: cosmetics, fashion, family problems, relationships

For men: cars, motorbikes, computers, sports For children: puzzles, stories, fairy tales,

colouring pages USA: Time, National Geographic GB: Cosmopolitan, The Economist

Special interests magazines: - are issued weekly or monthly- focused on special hobbies- much more expensive than daily newspapers

TELEVISION

Probably the most widespread media Big influence Satelites: possibility of choice from various

programs Lots of advertisements

Kind of programs: children‘s, current affairs, discussion, gardening, art, nature, history, film, wheather forecast and so on

Broadcasting in GB: 5 channels: BBC 1-2 (without commercials), ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 + Satellite programmes

RADIO

Second oldest kind of media Still very popular Kinds of programs: news, discussions, music,

weather forecast, sport events and matches, breakfast radio

Number of stations- most of them are private (commercials):

USA: CNN

GB: BBC (1-5), Orion Media, Radio City

INTERNET

Wide, fast, lots of information Common in developed countries Quite cheap nowadays Famous browsers: Google, Yahoo and so on Disadvantage: Lots of untruthful information Social networks Commercials