representation task 1

something about Lady Gaga

task 6

its in important to know who is inching of the media that you are reading or watching. media media tycoons are very influential because they think they can put anything on tv and the papers. we found out that the media is very important to politics and although the politician need the media they are very suspicuos of it. advertizing is really important to the media because thats their selling point.

task 5

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zn6vcdm
•media has a huge influence on the internet and how we act and on our political decision.
• the media gets social politics, national politics and the world in general from the internet.
•sometimes the media decide to make their own stories for views.
•the media need politics but are suspicus of each other.
•who owns the media is inportent becuase they get their beliefs in the papers.
•newspapers reflect what the public is thinking.
•newspapers sometimes highlight issues that the public didn't know about.

question 4

E4 is a British digital television channel, launched as a pay-TV companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. The "E" stands for entertainment, and the channel is mainly aimed at the lucrative 15–35 age group. Programming includes US imports such as The Cleveland Show, The O.C., Smallville, Veronica Mars, Everwood, What About Brian?, Desperate Housewives, How I Met Your Mother, 90210, One Tree Hill, Ugly Betty, Scrubs, Rules of Engagement, The Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls, Revenge, and formerly Friends. Other programming includes British shows such as Skins, My Mad Fat Diary, Misfits, The Inbetweeners, The Ricky Gervais Show, Shameless, Hollyoaks, and Made in Chelsea. Some US imports, such as Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty are screened on E4 up to one week ahead of their Channel 4 broadcasts. Its most successful broadcast to date was on 11 October 2010 when an episode of The Inbetweeners pulled in over 3.7 million viewers.

it is owned by channel 4 it was originally a subscription channel. 

On 16 December 2004, Channel 4 announced that the subscription channel would return to digital terrestrial television. From its launch until the closure of ITV Digital it was available as a bonus subscription channel. It became part of the Top Up TV subscription scheme until 27 May 2005, when the channel became available on Freeview, with the potential to increase advertising revenue by attracting a larger audience.

Unlike the BBC, Channel 4 receives no public funding. It is fundedentirely by its own commercial activities. Most of its income comes from advertising revenue.

question 3

monopoly

1. 1. 

   the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.

   
   

   conglomerate

   1. 1. 

      a thing consisting of a number of different and distinct parts or items that are grouped together.

      multinational

      1. 1. 

         including or involving several countries or individuals of several nationalities.

         
         

         Media tycoon

         A media proprietor or media mogul refers to a successful entrepreneur or businessperson who controls, through personal ownership or via a dominant position in any media related company or enterprise, mediaconsumed by a large number of individuals.

      
      

      plurality

      1. 1. 

         the fact or state of being plural.

         
         

         public service broadcaster

         Public service broadcasting refers to TV programmes that are broadcast for the publicbenefit rather than for purely commercial purposes. These programmes include local news coverage, arts programmes and religious broadcasts.