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Chapter II

Chapter II. The Media of U.S.A. I. Radio and Television. There are more than 6 thousand radio and 1 thousand television stations, and more than 1 million of special-purpose radio stations. The major radio and T.V. networks A. The Columbia Broadcasting System ( CBS )

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Chapter II

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  1. Chapter II The Media of U.S.A.

  2. I. Radio and Television • There are more than 6 thousand radio and 1 thousand television stations, and more than 1 million of special-purpose radio stations. • The major radio and T.V. networks A. The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) B. The National Broadcasting System (NBS) C. The American Broadcasting System (ABS) D. VOA and CNN

  3. a. VOA (Voice of America) • the most famous of the 19 radio stations of the U.S.A. for the expansion of propaganda to foreign countries. • It is in Washington, and was established in 1924. • Now it has 16 broadcasting stations, sending news to the whole world in 41 languages day and night. • It comes under the leadership of the American International Communication Bureau.

  4. VOA

  5. VOA Broadcast

  6. 3. Bad effects of TV A. Violence and crime in the U.S. are partly due to the influence of TV. B. Entertainment programs are full of killing, sex excitement, fighting and other violent actions. C. Such programs have a harmful effect on the attitudes and behavior of young people.

  7. 4. The world’s first communication space satellite A. The “Early Bird” was launched in 1965. B. It increased the telephone capacity across the Atlantic by more than one-third, and made possible commercial “live” television broadcasts of trans-Atlantic events. C. Now it carries routinely commercial traffic.

  8. II. Newspapers and Magazines • Features A. All the newspapers and magazines in America are privately owned. B. There are about 1800 daily newspapers and more than 580 Sunday papers. C. 2/3 of the income of the average daily newspaper comes from advertising and the rest is from sales. D. There are about 10 000 weekly, biweekly and triweekly newspapers.

  9. 2. Major wire services A. the Associated Press (AP) B. the United Press International (UPI) 3. Three most influential papers A. New York Times B. Washington Post C. Los Angeles Times

  10. New York Times Building

  11. 4. Other major newspapers and magazines A. Wall Street Journal B. New York Daily News C. Times D. Reader’s Digest E. Newsweek newspapers magazines

  12. The End Thank You

  13. CBS

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