prepared by the teacher of English Ayedinova E.U.

There are many different ways to get knowledge about our big world. They are mass media, travelling, museums, meeting with interesting people, etc. The press, the radio and the television play a big role in the life of society. They inform, educate and entertain people. Mass media promotes quality and progress in our everyday life.

The media

The media - print media, radio, television and video programs, newsreel programs, online edition, other forms of information distribution.

journalist columnist reporter photo – correspondent editor-in-chief

This specialist dealing with journalistic activities in newspapers, magazines, television and radio, and in other media. He extracts the information and passes it to their readers, listeners, viewers, thereby participating in the formation of public opinion.

Political commentator - a journalist who specializes in understanding the events in politics and public life.

Newspaper employee involved in providing information on current events. Their reports give full coverage of the most important international and domestic events and news items.

Photojournalist - a photographer working in the genre of reportage and supplying photos to periodicals.

Introduces leading television and radio listeners with current news in politics, economy, culture and sport.

T he editor-in-chief is at the head of every newspaper. He governs the editional board, every member of which is responsible for his own section in the paper.

It’s not a secret that some of the TV and radio stations, newspapers are owned by big corporations, thus the owners can broadcast and publish whatever they choose. Very often politics pay for necessary programs, thus giving common people a good chance to take information at face value. As sociologists say news is not what happens, it is what you see or read about in mass media.