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18 avril 2014
THE MEDIA
Their influence | The means used | Their becoming
To what extent do you think the media inuence people nowadays?
Media?
The way/the means people use to access information! TV, radio, social networks, web-based, newspapers, traditional press, cellphones/ smartphones
Opinions
People suffer from a form of standardization because of todays media, but also from a form of overdose of information and become unable to make up their own minds.! People become more enlightened thanks to the media. They are now more likely to have nuanced points of view.! People may actually be less/ more easily manipulated
Vocab
A news report! A columnist! to blame someone for doing something! to leak to the press details of some a!air! to stigmatize someone for his lifestyle! A column, a leading article, a factual article, a review, an editorial, a graph / a bar chart, a photograph, a didactic novel! to denounce preconceptions! to point nger at something! to denounce, to criticize! to contradict environmental reservations! to picture something! to nuance something / to bring nuance to the polemic over sth! to delve into the current debate around sth : plonger au coeur! to settle the issue of the debt ceiling! to reach a consensus! to illustrate! Checks and balances! to sanctify!
Influence people?
detrimental/damaging inuence! Benecial inuence! Inuence on peoples opinion/ social behavior/consumption habits
The media
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Flashcards
18 avril 2014
shortcomings/loopholes : des lacunes! to furlough : congdier! barely : peine! an indictment of : un rquisitoire! interpreters and translators! constituents : les lecteurs! to scorn sb for something = to feel contempt for! to slander : calomnier! to take it out on sb : sen prendre qqn! to be up!to!date! the scandal of the year! a considerable amount of data! a crucial issue! a grim picture : une image sinistre! deeply ingrained : profondment ancr! to hinder : empcher! a bias : un biais! to alleviate : soulager! to make pledges and promises : prendre des engagements! to impose your condemnation of something! an indictment of communication technologies overuse : un acte daccusation de labus des nouvelles technologies! to warn against something! inequalities deepen! to reverse trends! a new ladder of opportunities! to budge : bouger! digital content! to demystify! the family nest! to testify to something : tmoigner de qqch "# to witness$! TV programmes! the over agitation of the web! sensitive information! to take one startling example : un exemple frappant! to account for : reprsenter/compter pour! change of minds/a reversal! to lean in : simmiscer dans! a change of heart : un revirement! crow sourcing! to l for = to engage in a procedure! a response : une raction! ! !
The media
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