Mass Media – Questions
1. What do you understand by the term mass media? - technology which have to reach the mass of people. TV, radio or internet.
2. Explain the difference between the quality papers and the popular papers. Give examples of the most popular of both types in SR, GB and in the USA.
Quality papers - writes about importang things in world and what is now happening. For Example: The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, SME
Popular - smaller form than quality papers, less serious, about celebrities, gossips, TV program etc...
New York Post, Nový Čas, The Sun, The Daily Mirror
3. Why is the internet so popular nowadays? How has it changed our lives? - Because we are making our life more easier. Is it easier to find informations on internet than in encyclopaedia. People have more free time and they spend it rather on internet than watching TV. You can choose what you want and when. People are more lazy but on the other hand we have got more informations than in past. We know what happend on the other side of the world almost immediatly. It has got good and also bad sides as everything. For example, it hurts our eyes and people can be addicted.
4. Talk about television programmes. Choose your favourite ones and say why you like watching them. -In Slovakia we have got a public television and radio - RTVS. RTVS 1 broadcast mostly news, political discussions or movies. RTVS 2 broadcast mostly documentaries and sport livestreams. We have also commercial stations - Markíza or TV JOJ, which are more popular than public TV. I do not watch TV so much. But when I am watching TV it is usually TA3, where I am watching what happend here and in the world. I rather watch films on internet, because i can watch when I want and what I want.
5. Say what you think about the freedom of press. What´s your opinion on the information in newspapers? - Everybody can write about what he wants, but it have to be true. A lot of newspapers are not writing true informations. We can find in many newspapers hoaxes and conspiracy theories. In every country have to be freedom of press, but people have to distinguish between truth and lie.