The Media in the UK and the USA

Visit this web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_of_the_United_Kingdom

and answer the following questions

1. Which are the five major free-to-air TV networks in Britain?

2. Do British have to pay anything for analogue TV?

3. Which are the main satellite and cable providers in the UK?

4. Which is Britain’s most listened radio station?

5. Which radio station broadcasts live news and sports commentary with phone-in
debates?

6. What two types of newspapers are there in the UK?

7. Which newspaper switched to the Berliner format some years ago?

8. What kind of newspapers are The Daily Mirror and The Sun?

Visit this web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_in_the_United_States

And answer these questions:

1. How many national commercial TV networks are there in the USA?

2. Which TV network is partially subsidized by the federal government?

3. Which TV networks can be received on a television after arranging for a

subscription to a cable or digital satellite service?

4. What form of radio is gaining popularity in the USA?

5. What are the two most influential dailies in the USA?

 6. Which newspaper has been widely derided by the academic world as the
"McPaper"?

7. What kind of newspaper is The Village Voice?

Now feel free to browse the different available media on the Internet:

Main Newspapers in the USA:

New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/

Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/

The Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/public/us

The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/

USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/

For more newspapers in the USA, visit The Paperboy:

http://www.thepaperboy.com/?gclid=CLG-8NfKvJECFSdCEgodcUT6DQ

Newspapers in the UK

The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Daily Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk
The Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/dailymail/home.html?in_page_id=1766

The Daily Mirror

http://www.mirror.co.uk/

The Sun
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/

For more newspapers in the UK, visit British Media Online

http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/britnews.htm

Main TV and radio networks in the UK

BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/

ITV
http://www.itv.com/

Channel 4
http://www.channel4.com/news/

Main TV networks and radio stations in the USA

NBC
http://www.nbc.com/

CBS
http://www.cbs.com/

ABC (American Broadcasting Company)

http://abc.go.com/index (watch full episodes online)

Fox
http://www.fox.com/home.htm

UPN, the WB, and I.

PBS
http://www.pbs.org/

NPR (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/