ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES I
Beris Artan Özoran
Media and Society
Reading: Media and Society
Source: Brown, K. and Hood, S. (2002). Academic Encounters: Life in Society.
Cambridge University Press.
Unit 3 : Media and Society
Chapter 5: The Role of Mass Media
How many hours per week, do you spend using media ?
What do you think about media in Turkey?
What are your main purposes for using the media? Is it for getting information, education, entertainment or other?
What is the effect of media on society?
Warm-Up Questions:
- Talk Show:
- Soap Opera:
- News:
Vocabulary for Reading:
A radio or television program in which usually well-known persons engage in discussions or are interviewed.
A report of recent events.
A serial drama performed originally on a daytime radio or television program and chiefly characterized by tangled interpersonal situations and melodramatic or sentimental treatment.
- Documentary:
- Inform:
- Cartoon:
Vocabulary for Reading:
A presentation (such as a film or novel) expressing or dealing with factual events .
A preparatory design, drawing, or painting (as for a fresco).
To communicate knowledge to.
- Rapid:
Marked by a fast rate of motion, activity, succession, or occurrence.
- Transient:
- Capture:
- Extensive:
Passing especially quickly into and out of existence.
An act of catching, winning, or gaining control by force, stratagem.
Having wide or considerable extent.
To make (something secret or hidden) publicly or generally known.
- Reveal:
Vocabulary for Reading:
- Instructional:
- Precaution:
- Deliberately:
An outline or manual of technical procedure.
A measure taken beforehand to prevent harm or secure good.
With full awareness of what one is doing; in a way that is intended or planned.
To inspire with courage, spirit, or hope.
- Encourage:
Vocabulary for Reading:
- Socialization:
- Transmit:
- Circumstance:
The process beginning during childhood by which individuals acquire the values, habits, and attitudes of a society.
To send or convey from one person or place to another.
A condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another.
Vocabulary for Reading:
Listening: Media and Society
Source: «Whoever Controls the Media, The Images, Controls the Culture»
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpjWioF6iMo
Discussion about the listening:
What is the main point of the speech?
Do you agree or disagree with the speaker? Why?
Listening: Media and Society
Source: «Whoever Controls the Media, The Images, Controls the Culture»
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpjWioF6iMo
Discussion about the listening:
What do you think about the media control?
Do you think media shape the culture? Why? Why not?
Speaking: Media and Society
“How Media Effect The Society?”
Support your ideas by using examples.
Class Discussion:
