Contents Preface introduction unit 1

2. a) Work in pairs and answer the following questions?

1. 
   Do you usually watch and listen to the news every day?
   
2. 
   Where do you get your news-from the radio, TV, newspapers, magazines or the Internet?
   
3. 
   What was the last news yesterday in Uzbekistan?
   

2. 
   Discuss about the last TV program show.
   

3.Match the words in the box with their right definitions.

Media Media literacy Mass Media Media text Media bias Media violence

	Violence is behaviour that is abusive, threatening, or hurtful, by way of physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, spiritual, or regulatory (restrictions, rules, laws) means. Media images and messages containing such content are violent.
	Means of communication aimed at a very large audience. Examples include mass-market paperback books , television, movies, newspapers, Internet.
	The plural of medium. Means of communication, including audio, visual, audio-visual, print, and electronic means.
	An informed and critical understanding of the nature of the media, the techniques used by them, and the impact of these techniques. Also includes the ability to understand, use and create mass media in an active and critical way.
	A product that is communicated through a medium.Examples of media texts might include the following forms: billboards, televisions shows, magazines, newspapers, photographs and websites.
	A term used to describe a real or percieved bias of journalistsand news producers within mass media, in the selection of which elements will be reported and how they are covered.

4. 
   Complete the definitions with words from the box.