This document defines different types of media and discusses traditional versus new media. It provides definitions of print media such as newspapers, magazines, and books. Broadcasting media includes television, radio, and movies. Internet media comprises email, apps, ebooks, online forums, and social media. The document also discusses how to infer a writer's opinion based on their purpose, views, tone, and atmosphere created in the text.

1. The Media ?
- U + singular or plural verb
- pl. of medium (a method or way of expressing something)
- newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the internet considered as a group
broadcasting/digital/print media
Ex: Individual print media organizations have
the power to decide which advertisements they want to carry.

3. Types of Media
Print media: newspapers, magazines, books, journals, billboards,
flyers
Broadcasting media: TV, radio, movies
Internet Media: e-mail, apps, e-books, online forums, social media

4. Traditional Media vs New Media

5. Vocabulary Exercises
Reading text
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Listening text
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6. Inferring the writer’s opinion
• Inference simply means that the views may not be explicitly stated in
the passage
To determine the author's perspective, ask yourself:
➢ What is the author's purpose for writing the text?
➢ What is the author's opinion or attitude about the subject?
➢ What is the author's tone?
➢ What atmosphere does the author create?

7. REVIEW
• (n) a short article that someone writes expressing their opinion about
something such as a new product or service
• (v) if critics review a book, play, film, etc. they write their opinion of it

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breathtaking /groundbreaking
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out-of-this-world /stunning
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disappointed/ impossible to follow/ nothing exciting