SPIII Group 7 B2+2 Lesson 4

Lesson 4

Homework answers
Q.4 Subjective, succinct, deplorable, invaluable, superfluous, sloppy, aspiring, uninhibited.

Check word stress and pronunciation.

Class
Unit 8.3
Mainstream Media
Reuters, CNN, television & radio (stations), newspapers

Social Media
The Blogosphere, Wikipedia, Google Maps, Twitter (to tweet verb tweet noun) Facebook (post to Facebook, update status) Flickr

Collocations
eyewitness accounts, background information, media analyst, mainstream media, video footage

Social Media versus Mainstream Media

• internet - global communication
• unlimited access
• control of information
• reliability
• objectivity/subjectivity.

Prepositional Verbs

1. look at
2. look into/check over
3. come across
4. keep up with
5. look like

Journalistic Ethics - Ethical Dilemmas
To publish or not to publish?
Take a look at the trailers for the following films, The Fifth Estate (2013) and Absence of Malice (1981). What is the film about? What is the ethical dilemma that the film explores?

 The Fifth Estate will be released in Italy on 24th October.
 
Homework
To revise prepositional verbs and to prepare for next week's speaking assessment look at the Language Reference on p. 148  and do the exercises (including Key Language and Vocabulary) on p. 149

Self Study
(1) Watch this scene from Absence of Malice. What does it tell you about defamation and how a newspaper protects itself from being sued?

To be sued = to be taken to court

(2) Read the article about daily life in Britain and write a paragraph comparing and contrasting it to daily life in Italy. http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/19/infographic-what-is-a-day-in-the-life-of-britain-really-like-3926352/