THE NEWS MEDIA
News media are the means or methods by which people learn what is happening in the city, in the country and in the world. The news media can be classified into two general categories: the categories of print media and electronic media. Print media use the written material to communicate news to readers. Electronic media use air waves to send news into homes, offices, and public places. Print media are usually divided into magazines and newspapers. Most newspaper print news daily. The electronic media are generally divided into radio and television. Radio news is the one that you listen to. In the United States, many radio stations broadcast five minutes of news every hour. Television news is the one that you not only listen but also watch. In Canada and the United States, for example, many people watch an hour of news on TV at six o’clock in the evening. In the future, new categories of news media will develop. Even today computers are beginning to influence the transmission and reception of news.
Choose TRUE or FALSE
- The media can be arranged in the three major groups. _________________
- Television and radio are broadcast media. _________________
- In the United States, news is always broadcast every five minutes. _________________
- Computers will soon be developed to transmit and receive news. _________________
Read the passage again and choose the best answer
- What is the main idea of this text?
A. The influence of computers on media. B. The general introduction of news media.
C. The importance of news media in people’s lives. D. The types of news media.
- It can be inferred from the passage that _______________.
A. News media is actually a part of everyday life.
B. There are too many types of news media nowadays.
C. Print media is more convenient than electronic media.
D. Everybody watch an hour of news on TV at 6 in the US and in Canada.
