Mass Media 9 form

Mass Media includes ...

Two main types of newspapers in Great Britain are ...

A broadsheet is a ...

A newspaper with small pages and short articles, a lot of pictures and short stories about famous people.

What is BBC?

The process of sending and receiving messages through the air, broadcasting programs for people to listen to.

Complete the text with the proper word. There are two extra words

To live in the modern world is impossible without expanding your 1_______                      [destroys, knowledge, electronic, communicate, evaluate, influential, email, mainly]in all spheres. There are several ways of communicating the world of individuals—mass media, books, travelling, museums, meeting people. Of all the existing ways, there are two which are the easiest, those are mass media and travelling. It’s not a secret the different media are used to 2_______                        [mainly, evaluate, influential, email, electronic, communicate, destroys, knowledge]news and entertainment. They include print media and 3_____                    [mainly, email, influential, evaluate, communicate, electronic, destroys, knowledge]media.

Mass media are so 4______                    [knowledge, destroys, communicate, electronic, email, influential, evaluate, mainly]because they can be used for various purposes: popularization, education, entertainment etc.

Mass media play a crucial role in forming public opinion. But how much do the media influence the modern society? Early critiques suggested that the media 5______                   [knowledge, destroys, electronic, communicate, evaluate, influential, email, mainly]the individual’s  capacity to act autonomously. Later studies, however, suggest a more complex interaction between the media and society. People actively interprete and 6______                        [knowledge, destroys, communicate, electronic, email, influential, evaluate, mainly]the media and the information it provides.