- The mass media include: television, radio and

newspapers. They provide information and

entertainment.

- Television seems the first choice in Britain.

97% of the population have television in the home

10% of the population have two or more sets

Introduction

TelevisionO There are five main channels in Britain:

O The BBC World Service is the world's

largest international broadcaster.

O BBC is well-known media brands in the

world specializing in providing

information, education and entertainment

for the UK.

British Broadcasting Corporation

Commercial Broadcasting Network

a British public-service television

broadcaster and the commercial

broadcasting network.

called channel 3. ITV can get

money because it has ads.

general entertainment channel.

The channel has historically had the

lowest audience.

TV license

• Pay a TV license fee to the government every

year. It also depends on your TV color or

black and white.

• 1946: the licence covering the monochrome-

only single-channel BBC television service

cost £2.

• 2010: £145.50 for colour TV and £49 for

monochrome TV, per household.

TV license

Free TV licenses are available

for households with a member

aged over 75. And those aged

over 60 and in residential care

homes can get licenses for £7.50

a year.

Radio

The BBC has five national radio

stations from 1 to 5.

It broadcasts: art, music, news, sports,

talks, etc.

The Open University

The Open University

- 1969: set up

- 1971: they have the first students.

- Offers a new and modern approach

in their teaching: go to school with a

distance but u can see and hear by

broadcasting on TV and Radio.

The Open University

- Students: more than 250,000 enrolled

+ around 32,000 aged under 25

+ more than 50,000 overseas students

- The largest academic institution in the United

Kingdom and Europe by student number

- One of the world's largest universities.

The Open University

- Since it was founded, more than 1.5 million

students have studied its courses.

- It was rated top university in England and

Wales for student satisfaction in the 2005 and

2006 United Kingdom government national

student satisfaction survey, and second in the

2007 survey.

BBC LEARNING ENGLISH CHANNEL

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish

Broadcasting and Politics

- Firstly, only the House of Lords has

agreed to be televised

- In 1978, the House of Commons

experiments the “Question Time”.

agree to be televised in 1988.

The Press

_In the past, the Japanese is the only nation in

the world to buy more daily papers than the

British.

_Now, the British is the world’s third biggest

newspaper buyer (after Japanese and Swedes)

_ In a democratic country like Great Britain, the

press has three political functions: information,

discussion and representation