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The British Media

The British Media. Unit 9. Contents:. 1. Introduction 2. British Newspapers 3. The Broadcast Media. Introduction. 1. the degree of popularity of the media 1 st : TV        2 nd: newspaper      3 rd: radio the media are central/important to British leisure culture. Introduction.

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The British Media

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  1. The British Media Unit 9

  2. Contents: • 1. Introduction • 2. British Newspapers • 3. The Broadcast Media

  3. Introduction • 1. the degree of popularity of the media 1 st : TV        2 nd: newspaper      3 rd: radio the media are central/important to British leisure culture.

  4. Introduction • 2. the functions of the media entertainment; provide information about political and social issues; weather reports; carry advertising; education; provide a forum for people to write letters or phone in to express their views or seek advice; engendering a national culture

  5. British Newspapers • The UK has one of the world’s oldest established newspaper industries. • Q: When and why did more and more newspapers begin to appear?

  6. British Newspapers • Q: What is the relationship between the British press and politics, business and people’s lives?

  7. British Newspapers • ▲British newspaper culture is unusual. →social class & educational differences • Britain has one of the highest levels of newspaper sales per head of population, and there are 1400 different newspapers. • Britain has 10 different daily national newspapers.

  8. British Newspapers • ▲There are two categories of national newspapers: (features of each) ①“the quality press” / “the broadsheets” ②“the tabloids” / “the popular newspapers” / “the gutter press”

  9. British Newspapers • The Observer--still published every Sunday; first appeared in 1791; the world’s oldest national newspaper. • The Times--began in 1785; the UK’s oldest daily newspaper.

  10. British Newspapers • The Guardian--a national daily newspaper which is radical in politics and interested in society and social problems. It is quite soft on crime and quite feminist and shows great concern for green politics. • The Telegraph--one of the quality press, support tough sentences for criminals, be unsympathetic to single mothers and favour free enterprise over social programmes.

  11. British Newspapers • The News of the World--one of the tabloids which began publishing as a paper in 1843. It gives great coverage on crime, sport and sex stories. By the 1930s it was Britain’s most popular Sunday paper, selling 3.4 million copies each week. It now sells about 4.7 million papers each week, and is Britain’s biggest seller.     

  12. British Newspapers • the Financial Times--about business, is not only printed at home but also printed in other countries of the world.

  13. British Newspapers • Fleet Street: a street in London, England named after the River Fleet. It was the home of the British press until the 1980s. Even though the last major British news office, Reuters, left in 2005, the street's name continues to be used as a metonym for the British national press.

  14. Fleet Street in 1890 Fleet Street in 2005

  15. British Newspapers • ▲freedom of British press: • Officially speaking the British newspapers are free from government control and censorship and can print what they like, but many British laws limit the freedom of newspapers. Eg. Contempt of court laws other laws of libel and defamation

  16. British Newspapers • The media is also affected by Official Secret Act, a legal act which demands that all government information is kept secret unless the government says it can be released and those who break this legal act would be fined or even sent to prison.

  17. British Newspapers • In Britain, most advertising is carried in newspapers. All media must follow the Advertising Code. • It is stipulated to make sure that all advertisements are legal, decent, honest and truthful; all advertisements should have a sense of responsibility for consumers and society and respect the principles of fair competition.

  18. The Broadcast Media • The broadcast media—television and radio are very important to British national life. • Q: What do British people watch?

  19. The Broadcast Media • British newscasts are renowned for the quality of their reporting. There are 5  television channels— BBC1, BBC2, funded by license fees and three other channels, run by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) and funded by advertising.

  20. The Broadcast Media • The BBC: the British Broadcasting Corporation was founded in 1927 as a public service radio station and later moved into television in 1936. It’s now Britain’s main public service broadcaster. It currently has two TV channels. BBC 1 specializes in shows with a broad appeal. BBC 2 supplies special interest audiences with documentaries and shows aimed at particular social groups. • The BBC also provides the World Service which broadcasts in English and 43 other languages throughout the world.

  21. The Broadcast Media • The Broadcasting Act: it’s designed to keep ownership of broadcast media widely spread so there are no concentrations of media power in the hands of a few, and foreign ownership is not allowed. It’s also to retain standards of decency, taste, accuracy and balance. • * The British government is one of the country’s 10 biggest advertisers.

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