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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

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, …

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