Media

Question 1

out of print

Answer 1

(of books) not available anymore

Question 2

obituaries

Answer 2

descriptions of the lives of people who have just died

Question 3

editorial

Answer 3

an article giving the newspaper editor’s opinion

Question 4

classified ads

Answer 4

pages of advertisements in different categories

Question 5

supplements

Answer 5

separate magazines included with the newspaper

Question 6

feature

Answer 6

= article

Question 7

agony column

Answer 7

section in a paper or magazine that deals with readers’ private emotional problems

Question 8

agony aunt

Answer 8

person, typically a woman, who answers letter in agony column

Question 9

publication’s circulation

Answer 9

number of copies sold by a newspaper or magazine

Question 10

newsletter

Answer 10

a regular report with information for people belonging to a particular group

Question 11

leaflet
e.g. I picked up a leaflet about the museum when I was in town.

Answer 11

single sheet with inf abt sth

Question 12

brochure
e.g. Do you have any brochures about Caribbean holidays?

Answer 12

small, thin “book” with the inf about travel, companies etc

Question 13

prospectus
e.g. Before choosing the university, I was given a prospectus to find out more about them.

Answer 13

small , thin “book” with inf about educational or work institutions

Question 14

flyer
e.g. I was given a flyer about a new nightclub which is opening next month.

Answer 14

single sheet giving info about events

Question 15

booklet
e.g. The tourist office has a free booklet of local walks.

Answer 15

small thin book with a soft cover with inf abt sth

Question 16

manual

Answer 16

instruction book for sth

Question 17

ghost writer

Answer 17

sb who writes under different name

Question 18

desktop publishing

Answer 18

published using a home computer to design it

Question 19

facsimile

Answer 19

an exact copy

Question 20

spine

Answer 20

the end of a book where the pages are attached and which usually shows the writer’s name and title on its outer part

Question 21

blurb
e.g. The blurb on the back of the book says that it “will touch your heart”.

Answer 21

a short description of a book, film, etc., written by the people who have produced it, and intended to make people want to buy it or see it

Question 22

foreword

Answer 22

a short piece of writing at the beginning of a book, sometimes praise by a famous person or someone who is not the writer

Question 23

issue
e.g. An old issue of “Homes and Gardens” lay on the table.

Answer 23

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Question 24

index
e.g. Try looking up “heart disease” in the index.

Answer 24

an alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book showing which page a subject, name, etc. is on

Question 25

dotcom
e.g. A survey found that 20 of the top 150 European dotcoms could run out of cash within a year.

Answer 25

a company that does most of its business on the internet

Question 26

citizen journalism

Answer 26

news from ordinary people in social media

Question 27

pressure groups
e.g. Journalists often gather news from pressure groups.

Answer 27

a group of people who tend to influence what other thinks for the changes in society

Question 28

air you views
e.g. Pressure groups usually want to air their views in piblic

Answer 28

express your opinion

Question 29

to seek publicity

Answer 29

to want to reach a wider audience

Question 30

soundbite

Answer 30

a short memorable phrase that will be repeated in news and articles

Question 31

to hunt for
e.g. Journalists hunt for stories.

Answer 31

look for

Question 32

tap useful sources

Answer 32

make use of ppl or organisations which regularly provide news

Question 33

airtime
e.g. The more important a story is, the more airtime it will achieve.

Answer 33

minutes given to it on radio or TV

Question 34

column inches
e.g. The more important the story is, the more column inches it’ll be given.

Answer 34

space In the newspaper

Question 35

rag
e.g. He had his pic taken for some local rag.

Answer 35

a newspaper or magazine that is considered to be of bad quality.

Question 36

gutter press

Answer 36

the type of newspaper that pay more attention to shocking stories than to serious matters

Question 37

a scoop story

Answer 37

the one which is only to be found in one newspaper

Question 38

run a story
e.g. All newspaper or TV channels hipe to run a story that no one else has discovered.

Answer 38

tell a story

Question 39

libel

Answer 39

a piece of writing that contains bad or false things about a person

Question 40

defamation

Answer 40

damaging the reputation of a person = libel

Question 41

put your own gloss/spin on sth

e.g. Journalists of different political persuasions will put their own gloss/spin on a story.

Answer 41

present in their own way

Question 42

muck-raking

e.g. Some journalists gather stories by muck-raking

Answer 42

collecting scandals

Question 43

occurrence

Answer 43

= event