Английский язык для студентов технического вуза: Средства массовой информации. Мир продвинутых технологий. Учебное пособие - 13 стр.

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VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
12 Match the definitions a-j with the words 1-10.
1 salacious a) an argument brought to court of law by a private
person or company
2 spokesperson b) an aggressive paparazzi
3 tabloid c) unknown
4 stalkerazzi d) a newspaper that has a lot of stories about famous
people and not much serious news
5 trespass e) lustful
6 eye-catching f) someone who has been chosen to speak officially for
a group, organization or government
7 defamation/ libel g) the offence of going onto someone’s private land
without their permission
8 suit h) something unusual or attractive in a way that makes
you notice it
9 undisclosed i) not allowed by laws or rules, or strongly disapproved
of by society
10 illicit j) the act of writing or saying something that is not true
13 Fill in the gaps with one of the words from the list below.
CAN THE MEDIA BE COMPLETELY OBJECTIVE?
The role of mass media is to present news in a (n) 1)…………, objective
way. If we have the full facts relating to an incident or event, then we can make up
our own minds. This, unfortunately, does not always happen. Mass media is often
2)…………… by individuals who have their own political opinions which may
sometimes 3)…………… the ways in which they report a story; the leading article
in a newspaper allows the editor to express his own 4)………………. . TV
reporters may decide to omit certain information which may throw a different light
on the story. Readers tend to purchase newspapers which 5)……………. Their
own political bias. In an ideal world, news would be presented in an 6)…………
way, but unfortunately most newspapers and TV stations are politically 7)………..
controlled
reflect
influence
unbiased
opinion
biased
objective