The Media: Reading

The Media: Reading

Do you follow the news? Why/Why not?

• It’s good to be informed.

• News is sensationalised.

• A story might concern me personally.

• It makes me angry.

• It’s depressing.

• It’s biased.

Poll

Which of these media do you think provides the best news coverage?

• newspapers

• radio

• television

• the Internet

Read the article on p. 84.

Open Ended

Why is the newspaper industry similar to the music industry?

When answering multiple-choice questions, first try to eliminate the answer options that are clearly wrong. Sometimes, these are often options that include negative words such as ‘no one’, ‘never’, etc. These are extreme and are usually incorrect with regards to the text.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following makes newspapers impractical?

• They are no longer free online.

• They don’t have enough readers.

• They have been pirated too much.

• They cannot report news quickly enough.

Multiple Choice

According to the article, it is true that

• some well-known papers can only be read online.

• digital papers cost less to produce than print papers.

• there is less reading material in a digital paper.

• readers can write their own articles for online papers.

Multiple Choice

What does ‘Here’ in paragraph 4 refer to?

• the comparison between print books and e-books

• the comparison between tablets and e-readers

• the advantages of reading e-books

• the differences between books and newspapers

Multiple Choice

What does the writer suggest about print books?

• No one steals them.

• E-books will never replace them.

• They have a lot of positive points.

• They have better prices than e-books.

Multiple Choice

What is the final paragraph about?

• books read by people with gadgets

• suggestions about what to read

• all the drawbacks of reading devices

• the joy of reading a traditional book

Multiple Choice

What does the writer believe will happen in the future?

• People who use gadgets will read print books.

• Print books are more likely to survive than print newspapers.

• Kindle and iPad will become easier to use for reading.

• More people will read while on holiday.

Find words in the article which mean the same as these definitions. The paragraph number is provided in brackets.

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belonging to the present time (1)

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suitable for a particular purpose (2)

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reasonably priced (3)

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involving the user to exchange information (3)

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real, able to be seen, touched, etc (5)

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easy to use or understand (5)

Open Ended

Look at the old newspaper headline in the photo. What might have happened or is about to happen?