VI Interpret the underlined parts of the sentences.

a) Mass communication has revolutionized the modern world.

b) Those who are involved in communicating information inevitably have an important role to play.

c) Television, which typically tunes in about six hours a day, is a powerful influence.

d) Newspapers and magazines have long been major lines of communication.

e) Both papers (The New York Times and the Washington Post) syndicate their staff-written stories to regional newspapers all over the country.

f) Newspapers around the country, and significantly television news programs take a lead from the Times.

g) The mass media in the United States claim explicit recognition of their right to be free from government control and censorship.

h) Government and media often engage in confrontation when reporters disclose classified information or pursue investigative reporting to uncover injustices and corruption within American institutions.

i) The controversy over the role of media has led to many stormy court battles.

j) The Supreme Court ruled that the news papers were within their rights to publish the material.

 

VII Answer the following questions based on the text:

 

a) What is the role of the print and broadcasting media in the USA?

b) How is the term media understood?

c) In what way do the audience’s opinions influence the media industry?

d) To what extent is the power of the media important nowadays?

e) Prove that the US has never had a national press or newspaper with a mass national circulation.

f) Are large scale organizations an active factor in the development of the press?

g) Are the mass media in the US free from government control?

h) What is done to reach objectivity of the press?

i) Name the reasons for confrontation between the government and the media in the US.

j) How did the Supreme Court rule on the question of publishing the material about the Vietnam conflict and the Watergate scandal?