the mass media in britain (part 1)
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- The mass media include: television, radio and
newspapers. They provide information and
entertainment.
- Television seems the first choice in Britain.
97% of the population have television in the home
10% of the population have two or more sets
Introduction
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TelevisionO There are five main channels in Britain:
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O The BBC World Service is the world's
largest international broadcaster.
O BBC is well-known media brands in the
world specializing in providing
information, education and entertainment
for the UK.
British Broadcasting Corporation
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Commercial Broadcasting Network
a British public-service television
broadcaster and the commercial
broadcasting network.
called channel 3. ITV can get
money because it has ads.
general entertainment channel.
The channel has historically had the
lowest audience.
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TV license
• Pay a TV license fee to the government every
year. It also depends on your TV color or
black and white.
• 1946: the licence covering the monochrome-
only single-channel BBC television service
cost £2.
• 2010: £145.50 for colour TV and £49 for
monochrome TV, per household.
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TV license
Free TV licenses are available
for households with a member
aged over 75. And those aged
over 60 and in residential care
homes can get licenses for £7.50
a year.
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Radio
The BBC has five national radio
stations from 1 to 5.
It broadcasts: art, music, news, sports,
talks, etc.
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The Open University
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The Open University
- 1969: set up
- 1971: they have the first students.
- Offers a new and modern approach
in their teaching: go to school with a
distance but u can see and hear by
broadcasting on TV and Radio.
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The Open University
- Students: more than 250,000 enrolled
+ around 32,000 aged under 25
+ more than 50,000 overseas students
- The largest academic institution in the United
Kingdom and Europe by student number
- One of the world's largest universities.
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The Open University
- Since it was founded, more than 1.5 million
students have studied its courses.
- It was rated top university in England and
Wales for student satisfaction in the 2005 and
2006 United Kingdom government national
student satisfaction survey, and second in the
2007 survey.
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BBC LEARNING ENGLISH CHANNEL
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
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Broadcasting and Politics
- Firstly, only the House of Lords has
agreed to be televised
- In 1978, the House of Commons
experiments the “Question Time”.
agree to be televised in 1988.
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The Press
_In the past, the Japanese is the only nation in
the world to buy more daily papers than the
British.
_Now, the British is the world’s third biggest
newspaper buyer (after Japanese and Swedes)
_ In a democratic country like Great Britain, the
press has three political functions: information,
discussion and representation