Mass Media in Usa
Mass Media in United States of America
For our ordinary life information is very important. We need information about local, home and international political, social and sports events. The biggest and most important source of information is The Mass Media. To media belongs newspapers and magazines, radio, television, books and nowadays very important source of information is internet. In ancient times these sources were not so important as in this modern age.
Newspapers
The power of press in the USA is enormous. The U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of press and the press media act as a check on governmental action.
The largest daily newspapers published in the USA are The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times (which was published in 1851 by Henry Raymond), The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and many others. All these are serious „quality papers“ or broadsheets, which offer more serious information about politics, home and national news, also information about sport, art, music...But it does not offer only government information as some foreigners believe.
The New York Times is ranked as „the worlds top daily.“
There are state, city, and local newspapers. The national newspapers are very important and there are several good local newspapers. But some people read only one of the quality national newspapers. A few of the best-known newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal can be found throughout the country. Yet, one wouldn’t expect The Milwaukee Journal to be read in Boston, or The Boston Globe in Houston. There has been one attempt to publish a truly national newspaper – USA Today.
The most popular are tabloids, which are more popular than broadsheets. Articles in these papers are not very long and serious, they usually have huge pictures, they use strip cartoons and humorous drawings and reacting for some political events. They have a big sport page and offer information about
For our ordinary life information is very important. We need information about local, home and international political, social and sports events. The biggest and most important source of information is The Mass Media. To media belongs newspapers and magazines, radio, television, books and nowadays very important source of information is internet. In ancient times these sources were not so important as in this modern age.
Newspapers
The power of press in the USA is enormous. The U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of press and the press media act as a check on governmental action.
The largest daily newspapers published in the USA are The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times (which was published in 1851 by Henry Raymond), The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and many others. All these are serious „quality papers“ or broadsheets, which offer more serious information about politics, home and national news, also information about sport, art, music...But it does not offer only government information as some foreigners believe.
The New York Times is ranked as „the worlds top daily.“
There are state, city, and local newspapers. The national newspapers are very important and there are several good local newspapers. But some people read only one of the quality national newspapers. A few of the best-known newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal can be found throughout the country. Yet, one wouldn’t expect The Milwaukee Journal to be read in Boston, or The Boston Globe in Houston. There has been one attempt to publish a truly national newspaper – USA Today.
The most popular are tabloids, which are more popular than broadsheets. Articles in these papers are not very long and serious, they usually have huge pictures, they use strip cartoons and humorous drawings and reacting for some political events. They have a big sport page and offer information about