UNIT 8: THE MEDIA

Deny

To say that something is not true

Refuse

To say that you will not do or accept something, or will not let someone do something

Agree

To have the same opinion as someone else

Accept

To recognise that something is true

Headline

The title of a newspaper story, printed in large letters

Feature

A newspaper or magazine article, or a part of a television or radio programme that concetrates on a particular subject

Article

A piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine

Talk show

A television or radio programme in which famous people talk about themselves and their work

Quiz show

A television or radio programme in which people answer questions in order to prizes

Game show

A television or radio programme in which people play games or answer quesions in order to prizes

Announcer

Someone whose job is to give information about television or radio programmes between other programmes

Commentator

Someone whose job is to give a description of an event on television or radio as it happens

Tabloid

A newspaper that has small pages and not uch serious news

Broadsheet

A serious type of newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper

Journalist

Someone whose job is to report yhe news for a newspaper, magazine, raio prgramme or television programme

Columnist

A journalist who writes a regular series of articles for a particular newspaper or magazine

Press

Newspaper and news magazines, or the journalists who work on them

Media

Radio, television, newspaper, the Internet and magazines, considered as a group

Programme

A television or radio broadcast

Program

A series of instructions that makes a computer do something

Channel

A television station and the programmes that it broadcasts

Bulletin

A short news broadcast

Newsflash

A short broadcast of an important piece of news in the middle of a television or radio programme