The Info-Revolution

We have all seen an enormous increase in the role of the mass 1__ in people’s lives. First of all the growth of the 2__ of both serious and 3__ newspapers, has been tremendous. Public 4__ is influenced by powerful 5__ who not only own our newspapers which often have a 6__ of millions, but who also own television and radio 7__ in many different countries. The huge quantity of 8__ that people have to deal with has rocketed with the advent of satellite and cable television. At the same time, more and more people have 9__ to 10__ computers. Information available at home via Internet is infinite.

	A	messages	B	medium	C	mediums	D	media
2.	A	printing	B	press	C	interest	D	information
	A	cheap	B	people	C	popular	D	public
	A	opinion	B	health	C	views	D	services
	A	managers	B	writers	C	celebrities	D	editors
	A	profit	B	readers	C	circulation	D	popularity
	A	networks	B	users	C	sets	D	ports
	A	correspondence	B	details	C	information	D	reporters
	A	control	B	ownership	C	contact	D	access
	A	electronic	B	personal	C	large	D	Rom

7. Give all possible derivatives of the following words:

effect, to cover, regular, to inform, to publish, to comment, to subscribe, science, to educate, to know, to differ, art, advantage, to violate, crime, convenient, to compose, to connect, possible, broad.

SECTION II

Speaking

Agree with the statements of your partner.

Example:

-– Each news medium may report the same news, but the words, the images and their effects on the news consumer are different.

-– Yes, you are quite right. The effects of mass media on the consumer may differ considerably.

	You subscribe to quality papers, don’t you?
	You prefer to read newspapers rather than watch TV. Is it true?
	The editorial usually deals with the topical issue of day. Am I right?
	Entertainment programmes on TV help people to relieve stress and worry of the day. Do you agree with that?
	Young viewers should be protected from harmful influence of violence, crime shown on TV. What do you think of this?
	Newspaper sales have been falling steadily over the last several decades. Am I right?
	The market is showing some evidence of saturation. There is a feeling among readers that the papers are all the same. Are you of the same opinion?
	I think scenes of violence on TV must be banned. Do you think so too?

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Match the definitions below with the words in the list.	\|	Disagree with the statements of your partner.

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