MEDIA /ˈmiːdiə/

MEDIA /ˈmiːdiə/

1. PRESS

   • SECTIONS OF A NEWSPAPER
     • advertisment, cartoon, crossword, front page, horoscope, review, small ads, weather forecast
     • HEADLINE COLUMN ARTICLE STORY REPORT FRONT PAGE
   • TYPES OF NEWSPAPERS
     • TABLOID -has small pages, a lot of photographs, short stories, and not much serious news
     • MAGAZINE -a large, thin book with a paper cover, often printed on shiny paper, which contains stories, articles, photographs, and sometimes also news
     • THE NATIONALS give news about the whole country, in contrast to local newspapers
     • THE GUTTER PRESS- have an extremely low standard of reporting - used to show strong disapproval
     • BROADSHEET- a serious newspaper printed on large sheets of paper, with news about politics, finance, and foreign affairs
     • THE DAILIES the daily newspapers
   • SENSATIONAL BIASED OBJECTIVE ACCURATE CENSORED

2. TELEVISION

   • TV programme/ show/ series
     • What's on the box?:)

3. ADVERTISE

   • ADVERTISEMENT/ ADVERT/ AD (informal)
     • She’s been in several TV ads.
     • They placed an advertisement IN the newspaper
     • an advertisement FOR shampoo He was in some commercials FOR beer.
   • COMMERCIAL an advertisement on tv or radio:
   • TRAILER- ad for a film or programme which will be shown soon
   • PROMOTION a series of ads for a company’s products
   • POSTER (on a wall)
   • BILLBOARD (or hoarding) a large sign next to a road
   • FLYER a piece of paper given to you in the street
   • BANNER AD an ad across the top of a page on the Internet:
   • JUNK MAIL unwanted ads that you get in the post
   • SPAM
   • CLASSIFIED AD (SMALL ADD) a short ad that you put in a newspaper if you want to buy or sell sth

4. JOURNALISTS AND PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA

   • COMMENTATOR- describes an event as it is happening on TV or radio
   • PAPARAZZI- photographers who follow famous people around to get good photos of them to sell to a newspaper
   • CRITIC- writes about the good/bad qualities of books, concerts, plays, etc.
   • REPORTER- collects and reports news for TV, newspapers
   • EDITOR- a person in charge of a newspaper or magazine who decides what should be in
   • PRESENTER- introduces the different sections of a radio or TV programme
   • FREELANCE JOURNALIST
   • NEWSREADER- reads the news on TV or radio
   • PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER