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ESSAY OUTLINE ( FOR IELTS )

Topic 11. Media- television -communication -Reading –
watching movies

SECTION 3: COMMUNICATION

1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Faceto-
face communication is better than other types of
communication, such as letters, email, or telephone calls. Use
specific reasons and details to support your answer. TOEFL57.
Why face – to face communication is the best type?
- Eliminate misunderstandings immediately: body language.
- Cement relationship: eyes and hands -> stronger relationship.
- Encourage continued interaction: longer conversation.
2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Telephones and email have made communication between
people less personal. Use specific reasons and examples to
support your opinion. TOEFL –not available.


SECTION 4: MEDIA -TELEVISION
1. Media – A world of information –miracle or Monster:
Today, thanks to modern – science, it’s possible to send words and
pictures around the world in seconds. International events can be
followed by billions of people every day. History takes place in our
homes. But what effect does all this information have on society?
Does it make us more aware, tolerant, and peaceful? Or – on the
hand – does it make some people confused, depressed and viloent.
2. what is news?what are factors that make a good newspaper
story:

- It must be new.
- It has to be dramatic
- Not about ordinary, everyday life.
- invole in conflict and Danger -> news means bad news.
- There’s Human Interest.
- People are interested in other people – rich, famous, powerful, like:
pop stars, TV personalities, actors, politicians, royalty.
- Familiarity: stories about people, places and events which their
readers know -> different from different regions.
3. your views of media:
- in my opinion, today’s younger generation is the best informed ever.
We’re really lucky. And why do we know so much?… because of the
media. OK – not all papers and programmes are good, I admit but so
what? You don’t have to read or watch the bad ones. It’s like an
information supermarket…you go in, look at what’s available and
choose what you want.
4. How do movies or television influence people’s behavior? Use
reasons and specific examples to support your answer.7
How do movies or television influence people’s behavior?
- Positive effects:
- Broader window on the world.
- Exposed to people of different races and cultures ->overcome
prejudices more easily.
- News, useful information in documentary programmes.
- Relaxation, reduce stress, enhance interest in art.
- Escape our own problems for a little while.
- Show positive ways to resolve problems.
- Educational program:
- People will know many educational programs on the mass media
such as cooking, driving, and animals’ lives.

- Negative effects:
- More violent:
- Attract viewers -> emphasize on violence
- Even in educational flms, more or less, there are some violent
scenes
- Less sensitive to violent acts, can even commit ourselves.
- Less active: passive activity
- Unhelathy, both mentally and physically.
- Stop using imagination.
- Laziness both physical and mental.
- Wasting time to do other activities. Mostly popular television
programs, such as cartoons or soap operas, are broadcast at night.
- Secondly, sometimes mass media influences people’ s idea. Many
people will misunderstand the issues.
5. News editors decide what to broadcast on TV and what to
print in newspapers. What factors do you think influence their
decisions? – cambridge1 –150. Media
- Before news is broadcast to the mass audience, it goes through a
process called gatekeeping in which the editors decide what to
broadcast based on three major factors: politics, sponsorship and
mass appeal.
- The first factor that influences this process is politics. If the TV
station or newspaper is in favour of a political party, the topics
broadcast will support that party or discredit the opposition party.
- Another factor that influences editors is sponsorship. If a newspaper
is sponsored by a famous tobacco company, it surely contains few
topics about the anti-smoking movement. Otherwise, the newspapers
will lose its big sponsor.
- Moreover, editors tend to focus on the topics that the mass
audience want to see, something that attracts attention right away,

and something that is easy to understand. Thus, a TV company or a
newspaper can attract more audience and thus gain more
advertising.
- Nowadays, people accessing news from TV or newspapers tend to
understand the world as they see it in the media. Gatekeeping
influences the way people see the world and may distort what people
see because of the factors associated with gatekeeping.
6. Television has destroyed communication among friends and
family. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?