新一代大学英语视听说教程1U4.pptVIP

2 Listen to the talk again and decide whether the statements are true or false. Listening and Speaking The era of “we - media” Listening and understanding 1 Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter belong to “we - media”. 2 It is impossible for traditional mass media and “we - media” to coexist. 3 Organized media looks to citizen journalists to drive traffic. 4 Users can tag a video with YouTubes URL and upload it to the organization. 5 Some media organizations pay professional journalists to run neighborhood blogs. T T T F F 3 Work in pairs and discuss the strengths and problems of “we - media”. Listening and Speaking Thinking and speaking The era of “we - media” I do agree that the truthfulness of the post is a big problem. Because people do not know who the sender or poster is, and that person may forward something untrue or even tell outright lies to attract attention and drive traffic. Some posts take advantage of peoples sympathy and ask people to forward a message which is about “looking for a missing child”. But actually, the phone number of the contact person does not belong to the one who loses his / her child. There is even not such a thing that a child is missing. The brutal fact is, if you dial that number, you either have to pay an exorbitantly high telephone fee or a swindle is waiting for you. 3 Work in pairs and discuss the strengths and problems of “we - media”. Listening and Speaking Thinking and speaking The era of “we - media” But there are also some advantages to “we - media”. For example, from reading my friends posts on Microblog, I can quickly know what is happening in our university, neighborhood, and our city. For example, once my friends posted some photos when they were having a good time at the Food Festival in our university. I immediately contacted them, and joined them. This is the beauty of “we - media”, I think. Viewing and Speaking Topic One Cyberbullying 1 Watch a video clip and answer the qu