英国媒体简介.pptVIP

British Media Media Newspapers Magazines Broadcast Television Internet Newspapers Functions: Published in1785 The United Kingdom’s oldest daily newspaper. The former name :The daily Universal Register《世鉴日报》 Published in 1821. Left wing newspapers(左翼报纸) Left wing: socialism Right wing: conservatism The Manchester Guardian was the former name of The Guardian. The Most Popular British Radio Station BBC Radio Clare FM Anna Livia Live 95 Welsh Radio International Imperial College Radio Capital FM TV plays an important role in British life and culture. 97﹪of households have a TV set. Generally ,British people spend 4 hours a day watching TV. There’re only five TV channels. Therefore, nearly everyone watch the same things at the same time. A large demand of electricity and water is created during the breaks since everyone runs to restroom or take a cup of tea. The other two channels are run by Independent Television Commission (ITC) and funded by advertising. BBC has two channel including BBC1 and BBC2. BBC Television Centre Soap operas is always popular. However, different from American soap operas, whose characters are usually the rich, famous and exciting persons, British soap operas reflect the real life of Britons. Coronation Street is the oldest and most popular soap in Britain. TV program Soap opera is one kind of the serials(连续剧), which is usually about romance, affair, conspiracy(阴谋) and true love, so naturally, its viewer are mostly female . Therefore, Soap products are advertised during break. How does the name soap opera come? * The media are the central to British leisure culture 90% of Britons over the age of 15 read a national or Local paper. 96% of the population watch TV at least once a week. 73% of the population listen to the radio on a weekly basis. Watchdog function(监督作用）：keeping an eye on the government，offering the objective reports about what is happen