Firstly, students identified the different mass media: television, radio, print media/press and internet.
Then, we talked about the purposes of the Mass Media. Below you can find some examples.
• To inform:
• To entertain;
• To educate;
• To sell/ advertise;
• To call people’s attention to a certain problem/ situation;
• To promote social change.
We also considered some pros and some cons of the Mass Media.
Pros
• Good source of entertainment, information, knowledge, culture;
• Quick and/or instant access to updated information;
• Portability;
• Company;
• Way to relax and relieve stress;
• Possibility of reaching anyone anywhere (internet).
Cons
• Invasion of people’s privacy;
• Audience war and the lowering of standards;
• Censorship;
• Manipulation of information;
• Exploitation of people's feelings;
• Abuse of shocking images;
• Violence;
• Sedentarism and obesity;
• Cyberbulling and identity theft (internet).
We also read a text called- young people, youth TV- and did several reading comprehension exercises on it. Then we did many vocabulary exercises related to the topic.
As for grammar, we have been talking about relative clauses.
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