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VOCABULARY

CENSORSHIP

/ˈsɛnsəʃɪp/

The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.

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Ex: "The regulation imposes censorship on all media"

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FREEDOM OF SPEECH

SENSATIONALIST VS RELIABLE TV

FAKE NEWS: INTERACTIVE LISTENING

---) Words used in news headlines

SENSATIONALIST PRESS

BIASED PRESS

FAKE NEWS: READING + LISTEN ALONG 

- The New York Times: What Is Your Reaction to the Deadly Shooting at a Florida High School?

- metro.co.uk: Cyclist who gave Donald Trump the middle finger is fired from job.

- BBC.COM: CATALONIA REFERENDUM -Why some Catalans want independence

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Transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate hearing

 

The Times is a serious British daily newspaper

(broadsheet, quality paper)

that generally supports quite right-wing political ideas. 

prepare your oral

Possible concepts to use:

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TV is thought to be ... (impersonal passive)

I'd rather ..., I'm fond of ..., (preferences and likes)

I'm used to binge-watching series, I recommend watching ... (vbs + ing)

I feel overwhelmed with so much news on crime on TV (feelings)

I wish they wouldn't show ... (annoyance)

Watching too much tv causes ..., the consequence of ... (causes and consequences)

I do believe that TV is ... (emphasis)

Tabloids have been bombarding us with sensationalist news all our lives (tenses: PPC)

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---) monologue OUTLINE FOR THE MEDIA, PRESENTERS OR               NEWSCASTERS

monologue ON TV

-Answer questions on TV programmes

---) OUTLINE

El Intermedio viewing rates are high.

Audience ratings are high.

El Gran Wyoming

Listen to it

-Truth or Tabloid?

INTERACTION

Sample sentences to answer (for and against TV)

Commercials brainwash consumers into buying things they don’t need.

Average audience rating (AA rating)

A measure of the average number of people watching or listening to a TV or radio programme at a particular time.

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