The Media ELL 2035

Warm Up 1.If you divide your average day, how much time do you spend on various media? 2.What negative impact has the media had? What positive impact has the media had? 3.How does the media influence society?

Lesson How the media has affected America Over 100 years of newspapers, radio, TV, Internet, and social media affecting us politically and socially. How the American/Western media has affected others The influence of American/Western media on Korea.

Vocabulary 1. yellow journalism 2. to sensationalize / sensationalism 3. to distort 4. to exploit 5. to internalize 6. brunch 7. a white knight 8. to catch up with someone a. to make something appear more shocking than it really is b. to use something/someone for your own advantage c. a snack between breakfast and lunch d. a hero / a person who saves another e. to change or misrepresent something f. to share the latest news with a friend g. to incorporate something (morals, beliefs, ideas) to fit into your own values h. news that is inaccurate but rather relies on extreme headlines to grab readers’ attention

How the media has affected America Two political situations that were influenced by media 100 years apart.

Political: Newspapers

Yellow Journalism scare headlines in huge print, often of minor news over usage of pictures, or imaginary drawings use of faked interviews, misleading headlines, fake science, and false information from so- called “experts” dramatic sympathy with the "underdog" against the system

William Randolph Hearst

Cuba

1890s (1898)

1898 – Spanish-American War

Sensationalism MERS?

Political: TV

Terrorism

9-11 2,996 deaths

What are the odds of dying in a terrorist attack? Heart disease – 1:5 Cancer – 1:7 Car accident – 1:100 Air travel – 1:20,000 Lightning Strike – 1:83,930 Snake, Bee or Spider – 1:100,000 Dog attack – 1:147,717 Terrorism – 1:20,000,000

Origin of the 19 hijackers Saudi Arabia – 15 United Arab Emirates – 2 Egypt – 1 Lebanon % of Americans thought Iraq was behind the attack

Casualties

Socially: TV

Distorted body image

Make women feel insecure

Movie and TV Stars

How much do you know i.What percentage of Americans is overweight and obese? 68% ii. What percentage of British is overweight and obese? 64% iii. What percentage of Australians is overweight and obese? 63% iv. What percentage of Koreans is overweight and obese? 30%

Media shaping us

How the American/Western media has affected others The influence of American/Western media on Korea.

Americanization/Westernization of Korea

How Westernized are you? 1. Do you have your own 한복 ? 2. What was the last Hollywood movie you have seen? 3. Do you watch more Korean movies or more Hollywood movies? 4. Do you watch more Korean or Western TV programs? 5. How often do you eat western fast food: McDonald’s (Burgers), Pizza Hut (Pizza), KFC (fried chicken)? 6. How often do you go to a 한의원 (traditional Korean medicinal clinic)? 7. Would you live with your boy/girlfriend before marriage? 8. What kind of wedding would you have – Western / Korean style? 9. Do you 100% obey your parents? 10. Do you call Scott by his first name?

V-line: sharp chin/jaw

Soap opera Is a type of show (first radio, then TV) that airs in the afternoon (1pm-5pm) for housewives. The acting was very dramatic, like an opera. Soap, detergent, shampoo, laundry soap companies used to show their commercials during this time. These advertisements were aimed at housewives. That is where the name soap opera comes from.

멜로 / melodrama a romantic comedy (a rom-com)

클락션 / Klaxon a horn

깁스 / Gyp(sum) (gips) a cast

아르바이트 / to work a part-time job