Unit 4 - THE MASS MEDIA (Reading) - Vocabulary

Newspapers enjoyed the position of the most preferred medium to reach a wider audience until electronic communication ______ on the media scene.

The ______ of the smartphone has dramatically altered how we communicate, work and entertain ourselves.

TV companies ______ their programmes across the country or even across the world.

Mass media have proven to be an ______ part of people's lives as hardly anyone can live without them.

The news media can be ______ into two general categories: the categories of print media and electronic media

The star has been the focus of intense ______ attention.

Nowadays, ______ media have a great influence on people's lives and society.

TV viewers sometimes get angry about the number and frequency of the ______ in the middle of the programmes.