A high number of readers supports development of newspaper industry. There are a lot of papers in the world. The most prestigious are The Times of London, The Guardian (in Great Britain), the largest daily newspapers published in the U.S.A. are The New York Times and The Washington Post. In our country are the most favourite The New Time, The Slovak Republic and many others. The main section of the paper contains the most important news. There are separate sections for home news and for international news. In some the sports news and the business news are also in the main section. The contents of the often sections change from day to day. They usually include feature articles on the arts and reviews. Each day's paper has articles about particular topics. Many people also read local newspaper. Some people (especially older people) like local newspapers more than national ones because they often know some of the people mentioned in the articles. Although local newspapers usually concentrate on local news, the most important national and international events are also reported. The habit of reading the paper is an important part of many people's daily lives, although a lot of people don't have time to read it from cover to cover.

RADIO

The existence of radio waves had already been demonstrated in 1886, by an German physicist, Heinrich Herty. Later, when the microphone was invented, great improvments were made. Radio could be used to transmit and receive the spoken world and even music. The radio has become an important piece in our households and it has come to occupy a special place in our life. Radio news and wheater reports keep us informed of what is going on. Through them we have a better knowledge both of our own country and of the rest of the world. Radio also provides us with a great deal of amusement and cultural programmes. We can all hear - the best orchestras and artists in our own homes, and follow a variety of events. It keeps people in touch with current events and political or economic waves. Other advantage of radio is that listening to the radio can combined with many other activities.

TELEVISION

The first television transmissions were made in England in 1926 by the Scotman John Logie Baird. The great progress was only after the war. It was partly due to the war itself, which greatly developed people's knowledge of electronics. Television soon appeared in the home and came to occupy an important place there. A large number of people are concerned with television every

day - technicians, cameramen, programmers and of course artists. Thus television plays an important role in our society. This role is sometimes positive, but it can also at time be unhealthy. Through television we receive images from all parts of the world and our knowledge is better. But not all of television's effects are beneficial. Whereas people spent the evenings working or studying, many now spend a large part of evening watching TV programmes. Many people say that watching TV is a waste of time. Some adults also say that TV watching is bad for kids. There are a lot of especially foreign film on TV, which are about men who are killing each other for money.I never understand these films but if you look around you that is what you see. People are very violent and also children are agressive. The killer become their heros. Maybe they like watching TV and videos where men kills men. Also even cartoons are full of violence. Just try to watching the famous Ninja Turtles or Tom and Jerry. This cartoons are supposed to be for children. Is it normal ?

SOAP OPERAS

  • they are called "soap" because the very first ones made for
commercial TV and sponsored by companies that made soap powder American soaps are about rich attractive people who live their exotic lives, they have a lot of expensive clothes, cars, houses and dramatic problems. Why do people watch the soaps? When we watch these soaps we escape from our ordinary everyday world to the soap opera's fan- tasy. Everyone likes sharing enthusiasm and TV soaps offer these opportunity, people have a lack of drama in their lives and they feel happier about their own real problems when they can watch someone else's problems. English soaps - are quite different, they are about ordinary and normal characters and everyday situations. But it doesn't mean that they aren't dramatic. There are 3 famous English soap operas: Coronetion Street, Eastenders and Brookside. Coronation Street - it's set in an un-named town which looks a lot like Manchester, the drama comes from changing relations- hips, problems of teenagers, foolish arguments and jealousies, it's shown on ITV - it's the first British commercial station which is financed by advertising

  • the rival station is BBC 1 - it's financed by the licencepaying
public, the station made Eastenders - it's set in London so it's more fashionable and attracts more young TV viewers, the problems are more current, unemployment, unmarried mothers, homosexuality, homelessness, these problems are too adventurous for Coronation Street, these topics are educational Brookside - it's set in Midland (somewhere near Birmingham), its characters live on a quite modern housing estate, these houses were built especially for this soap

  • also imported soaps are successful (Neighbours) - it's from
Australia, we can see Jason Donovan and Kylie Minugue there.