NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Foreign Languages - Department of English for Specific Purposes

MIDTERM TEST – LISTENING III

EEP Intake 62

TEST CODE: 05

Listen to the lecture and take notes. You will listen to the recording twice.

TOPIC: Coverage of ………………………………………………………………..

Reasons for this topic

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Research about celebrity news coverage

- Study on American news magazines:

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- According to experts studying the media
So much coverage of celebrity news (E.x.: ………………………………………………………………..………………….………………………)
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Major reasons of the increase in media coverage of celebrities

- Celebrities sell

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TV news 24h/day ->

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Faculty of Foreign Languages - Department of English for Specific Purposes

What it means to students of the media

- Kids now know more about lives of celebrities than kids of the past

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- London School of Economics & Science: Human brain isn’t made to take constant news about celebrity news

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Future prediction

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That is the end of the test.