Otázka: Media in the Czech Republic
Jazyk: Angličtina
Přidal(a): martinkaprall
Media are a way of communication – sending and receiving information, they are used for sharing news (for informing people), for education and for fun.
HISTORY
- the first way of communication was obviously speaking
- later, people found other ways to communicate on longer distance or with more people at a time
- nowadays, we have four main types of media:
- newspapers, radio, TV, internet
NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES
- oldest kind of media, nowadays the paper newspapers are a little old-fashioned
- the main kinds of newspapers are:
- broad sheets – more serious, detailed, more true facts; e.g. MF DNES, The New York Times
- tabloits – smaller format, colourful, full of gossips about famous people, e.g. Aha!, Blesk; The Sun
- special magazines – more expensive, they aren’t published as often as the other types; they serve mostly for specialists or education; e.g. Včelařství, National Geographic, …
RADIO
- people use it mostly as a background (when they do something else), quite often while driving a car
- it stays popular, because you can listen to it 24 hours a day
- some radios mostly plays music (Evropa 2, Vltava), some focuses more on news or traffic situation (Radiožurnál), and there are also many interviews or even reading of stories
TV
- almost everybody has TV nowadays
- people usually watch movies, series or news in the evening on the TV
- in Czech Republic there are two kinds of TV stations
- public TV Česká televize and commercial TV’s NOVA and PRIMA
- both the public and commercial stations have many channels:
- ČT 2 – for demanding people; concerts, documentaries, education shows
- ČT 4 – only about sports, matches, interviews with sportsmen,…
- ČT 24 – news from all around the world
- Prima COOL, LOVE, KRIMI, MAX, …
- public TV Česká televize and commercial TV’s NOVA and PRIMA
INTERNET
- the most used medium in the world, very global
- we can communicate with people from all around the globe
- internet has the power of all the other three media
- it is used for finding news, education, watching movies, listening to music, …
- even all the TV stations, newspapers or radios have their own website
- internet is dangerous, there are many fake news, murderers and tutorials how to kill yourself