A) Read the text and complete the timeline below with one statement for each period. 19th century 1930s 1950s 1990s 21st century A In fact, the media (= channels of communication) are as old as human culture itself. (), mass media in the modern sense first came (in/into/to) existence in the second half of the 19th century. Then, new developments (in/with/for) printing and papermaking made it possible to print large quantities of written information quickly and (with/from/at) low cost. () in the 1930s, these print media had to compete (with/about/on) a new form of media, the radio, and from the 1950s onwards, television. The result was that (for/within/to) a few decades these new electronic media had con-quered living rooms (in/on/throughout) the world. B Traditionally large publishing houses and broadcasting corporations own the media. This is because a large staff and considerable technical support are required. Such private companies pay for their operations through ad-vertising income. They sell either space for ads or broadcast-ing time for commercials on radio or TV. On commercially op-erated television sponsors may influence the content of the programmes in which their ads are shown. C In the last decade of the 20th century, the internet became a powerful new medium. This was made possible by a digital revolution that changed media content (texts, im-ages, audio and video clips) into a stream of bits and bytes that can be copied, stored and sent round the world when nec-essary. (), through the internet, new forms of sharing information have been created: blogging, posting and social networking are just a few of them. D Some observers see a big change from the mass me-dia era of the last century. () mass media content comes from centralised sources controlled by big business, the sourc-es of content for the new media are local and come from in-dividual citizens. The internet is ( ) welcomed as an ad-vance in individual freedom. Critics, (), warn of many dangers: loss of privacy, identity theft, illegal downloading of copyright material, etc. E It is too early to say whether the internet is real-ly a revolution in the way we live, work and communi-cate, or whether that is just an idea from journalists. One thing is sure, (): for citizens of the 21st centu-ry understanding and knowing how to use the media is more important than ever b) Match paragraphs A-E with headings 1-6. One heading is extra. 1 Content in digital form 2 Big business and the internet 3 The impact of the internet 4 Origins of the mass media 5 Who controlled the mass media? 6 Who controls the new media? с переводом текста и вставить слова в скобки
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