文档介绍：Mass Media in Britain
Contents
The History of British Media
Press and News Agencies
The Broadcasting
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The History of British Media
The first newspaper in England was printed in 1621.
At first newspapers only printed foreign news. They did not print domestic news until 1641.
The first essful daily newspaper in Britain was printed in 1702.
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Press and News Agencies
_____________ was the national center of the press until 1980s and ___________ is the second center of the British press in the UK.
Fleet Street
Manchester
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Press and News Agencies
Fleet Street:
1. a street in London, was the home of the British press until the 1980s.
2. The streets’ name continues to be used as a metonym for the British national press.
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Press and News Agencies
Manchester is one of the three main BBC bases in England.
The city has the highest number of local radio stations outside London
The Guardian newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian. Its head office is still in Manchester
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Press and News Agencies
Features on UK Press
free
fast
politicized
monopolized by anizations
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Free Press
There is no ___________ of the British press, and what is written in newspapers is free from government control.
censorship
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Fast Press
a paper printed in London around midnight can be at a breakfast table anywhere in the UK the next morning, except, in remote country districts.
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Politicized Press
Newspaper owners and editors hold strong political opinions and run campaigns to try and influence government policy and public opinion. As a result, it is some times difficult to distinguish fact from opinion in newspaper coverage.
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