British culture:Mass media

By Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová

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What‘s culture?

= the whole range of skills of people at a certain period(New English Dictionary and Thesaurus, compact edition, Geddes & Grosset, 2002)

= a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period: Greek culture.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/culture

It could refer to…

* Art (urban, medieval,…)* Paintings* Music* Sculptures* Objects created throughout centuries* Jewellery* Architecture* Customs and habits* Movies and series

Henry Moore, 1929, Tate Britain

Banksy

Mass media= are used to spread culture

TV

Channel Programme Guide

British channels:

BBC ITVThe X Factor, Britain‘s got talent, Midsomer Murders

Channel 4Big Brother, Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, Misfits, Skins

Channel 5CSI: Miami, Flashforward, The Walking Dead

BBC= the British Broadcasting CorporationTV broadcasts since 1936Founded in 1922BBC One: EastEnders. BBC Two: Top Gear. BBC Three: mainly youth-oriented programming, particularly new comedy sketch shows and sitcoms.Family Guy, Doctor Who BBC Four: programming for an intellectual audience. BBC PromsCBBC: For children aged six and above. Cbeebies: For children under six.

EastEndersEastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985. It depicts the lives of people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End of London.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqXdzfFw6vE&feature=channel

Other British TV seriesIT CrowdRed DwarfDoctor WhoMisfitsMrs. MarpleMidsomer MurdersMonthy PythonShaun the SheepWallace and Gromit

RadioBBC Radio 1: Current popular music, aimed at 15-29BBC Radio 2:Most listened-to radioBBC Radio 3: classical, jazz and world musicBBC Radio 4: current affairs, speech station, news, debate, radio dramaBBC Radio 5 Live: live news and sports commentary

Newspapers

Broadsheet Tabloidsize

topics

layout

language

readers

examples

typical headlines

Sensational/ quality/ popular/ fewer pictures/ large/ celebrity coverage/ politics/ human life stories/ overseas news/ The Times/ The Sun/ The Guardian/ The Daily Telegraph/ Daily Mirror/ smaller/ colourful/ intelligent/ educated/ lower classes/ seniors/ bold font/ "Dad at 13“/ "Radical plan to stop Muslim extremism“/ more text/ more pictures/ short words/ emotional expressions/ complicated words

Broadsheet Tabloid

large size smaller

Quality, politics, overseas news

topics Sensational, popular, celebrity coverage, human life stories

More text, fewer pictures

layout Colourful, bold font, more pictures

Complicated words language Short words, emotional expressions

Intelligent, educated

readers Lower classes, seniors

The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph

examples The Sun, Daily Mirror

"Radical plan to stop Muslim extremism“

typical headlines "Dad at 13“

Tasks & questions

1/ Name at least 5 aspects of culture.2/ What‘s the function of mass media?3/ What are the major British TV channels?4/ What could you find in a TV guide?5/ Name at least 3 British TV series and add a comment to each.6/ Why do some people prefer listening to the radio than watching TV? 4 arguments.

True or False?1/ The Sun is one of the major British tabloids.2/ In broadsheets you can mainly read about celebrities and scandals.3/ Tabloids have quite plain layout with little colour.4/ BBC TV broadcasting started in the 20s of the 20th century.5/ BBC Radio 3 is aimed at young people.6/ For some radio drama I‘ll tune Radio 4.

Fill in the blanks:1/ EastEnders is a ______ opera and the most watched show on BBC _____ .2/ If interested in sport, we can tune ________ and listen to the live commentaries.3/ BBC offers two major channels for children: __________ and ____________.4/ ___________ is a famous show about cars and other motor vehicles.5/ The most famous British comedian is _______.

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