II. Match the type of newspaper with two typical things it contains.

1) Tabloids

2) Regional papers

3) Free sheets

4) Broadsheets

5) National newspapers

6) Sunday papers

a) Details on local cinema and theater performances.

b) Sensational stories and large headlines.

c) Limited editorial content.

d) Political, financial, cultural news.

e) A large amount of advertising.

f) Financial matters and international news.

g) Pictures of pretty women.

h) Matters concerning the community.

i) Color supplements or magazines.

j) Sections on literature, the arts.

III. ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION:

• What do media include?
• In what context does the word media mean the same as news media?
• What does the term press include?
• What format of newspapers do you know?
• Why are tabloids sometimes referred to as the gutter press?
• Who is in charge of newspaper content?
• What are tabloid newspapers often accused of?
• What do celebrities often complain about?
• Which of the mass media do you consider the most entertaining, which the most influential? Give your reasons.
• Writing Activity

Ø Can you give instances where the mass media have proved dangerous? Have you ever written to a newspaper, a radio or TV station when you found yourself in disagreement with their views? If so, on what occasion and why? If not, why not?

Ø Find in the Internet the article with what you strongly disagree. Write a letter to the editor expressing your thoughts

IV. Comment upon the following sentences:

• Tabloids are sometimes referred to as the gutter press by people who disapprove of them.
• Newspapers especially tabloid newspapers are often accused of taking an excessive interest in the private lives of famous people.
• Celebrities, as well as more ordinary people, complain about invasion of privacy.

V. TEAMWORK PROJECT:

• In groups make up a list of newspapers in your country.
• Classify them into:

Ø a weekly, a monthly, a quarterly or an annual;

Ø quality press, popular press, tabloid press, gutter press;

Ø national, local, regional, free sheets

• Search in the Internet for their circulation and readership
• Present your findings in a written and oral report in front of a group.

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