M ASS M EDIA IN TEENS ’ LIFE OF R USSIA, E NGLISH - SPEAKING COUNTRIES

The main aim is to attract the public’s attention to one of the most up-to-date problems of the present-day world - the influence of mass media on the life of young people. The main goals: To make an account of mass media(based on Russian, British and American media) To make research and to give a detailed analysis of mass media impact on teens’ subculture To offer probable solutions to avoid the negative consequences of mass media influence.

W HAT IS MASS MEDIA ? Television Radio Press Internet

Mass media can inform, educate and entertain the people who use them. Millions of people spend their free time watching TV and listening to the radio. It is almost impossible to imagine our life without TV,radio and internet.

When we say “press” we mean newspapers and periodicals. In the past a great deal of people learnt about the news from newspapers. Nowadays the people get information from TV programs or from internet, but still we cannot imagine our life without newspapers and magazines.

K INDS OF NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES There are newspapers and magazines for: professionals, businessmen, children, teenagers, men and women, sportsmen and fan.

N EWSPAPERS Quality papers (broadsheets) Produce serious quality journalism, while the tabloids. Tabloids Called “popular papers”, have a more sensational reporting style.

MAGAZINES THAT TEENS READ

T ELEVISION

TV provides us with different programs oriented towards the people of all the ages. There are different by nature according to the interests of people. So, you can make a choice among entertaining, sports, music, children`s and political programs. You can also watch some interviews with several famous people and the regular news reports on each channel.

BOYS’ FAVORITE PROGRAMMES MUSIC NEWS ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS PROGRAMMES ABOUT ANIMALS TRAVELS SPORT CARTOONS OTHERS

FAVOURITE FILMS COMEDIES ACTIONS FANTASTIC THRILLERS WESTERNS CARTOONS HORROR

P ROGRAMMES WHICH THEY DON ’ T LIKE POLITICAL SHOWS SOAP OPERAS MINI SERIES POPULAR-SCIENCE FILMS NEWS TALK SHOWS HISTORICAL SHOWS SITUATION COMEDIES

GIRLS.FAVOURIT E PROGRAMMES MUSIC NEWS ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS PROGRAMMES ABOUT ANIMALS TRAVELS CARTOONS FILMS OTHERS GIRLS’ FAVOURITE PROGRAMMES

FAVORITE TYPES OF FILMS FOR GIRLS COMEDY SITUATION COMEDY DRAMA MYSTERY ADVENTURES SOAP OPERAS CARTOONS MUSIC VIDEOS

TYPES THEY DON’T LIKE: COOKING SHOWS GAME SHOWS POPULAR SCIENCE TALK SHOWS POLITICAL SHOWS NATURE PROGRAMS HISTORY SHOWS HOME AND GARDEN SHOWS

HOW MUCH TIME TEENS WATCH TV

The average time watching TV before school was 30 minutes. The average time watching TV between noon and 6:00 pm was 45 minutes. The average time watching TV between 6:00 pm and 9 pm was 100 minutes. The average time after 9 pm was 60 minutes. TV time before noon: 15 minutes. TV time between Noon and 6 pm: 30 minutes TV time between 6 pm and 9 pm: 1 hour TV time after 9 pm: 30 minute.

A DVANTAGES OF TV -it keeps people well informed; -it helps the people to relax; -it entertains the people when they are tired. -it lets us know much about the world, about the famous people and global news.

D ISADVANTAGES OF TV: It takes a lot of time; It makes us lazy; It is very harmful for our health (especially for our eyes); Some programs and films make the people violent; It contains a lot of advertisement(it encourages us to buy things we don’t need at all); It occupies all our free time.

Radio.

Radio is less popular than newspapers and television. People listen to radio in cars and at work. There is a lot of music on modern radio and very few conversations. Every hour radio stations tell us news in brief. There are different types of radio stations. They are divided according to the style of music they play. There are radio stations where you can hear only classical music, rock or pop music. Some of the stations only have news and talk shows.

R ADIO LISTENERS ’ SURVEY AMONG TEENS OF R USSIA

R ADIO LISTENERS ’ SURVEY AMONG TEENS OF THE USA AND THE UK

I NTERNET.

The internet is very useful, because it’s a huge database of knowledge, from the pictures of family trips to an analysis of quantum mechanics. Besides data, one can get from the internet, we can also send and receive- mail or electronic mail. We can get some news from the internet, because there are many information servers in the web.

ADVANTAGES One of the advantages of the internet is that you can join a community. You can create new social contacts all over the world, which you could not do so easy without the internet. You can create new social contacts all over the world, which you could not do so easy without the internet.

DISADVANTAGES One of the most negative aspects of the impact of the internet on our daily life is, in my opinion, that it alters the social behaviour, habits and abilities of people. Especially children are often badly influenced by the internet.

It is very harmful to give children access to the internet. There are many things which are not suitable for children. So, parents should explain to children to sit in front of computer is harmful for their eyesight.

They should think about the behavior of their idols critically. It is important to get into this habit from childhood. They have to be responsible for their decisions, and think about the consequences of their action

1. We can learn more about the society around us. 2. We can search for information rapidly through the Internet. 3. We can express our opinions. 4. Students can make good use of the media to learn.

1. It is dangerous to believe all the information supplied by the media because they exaggerate or give wrong message from time to time. 2.When teenagers learn about crimes from the media, they may imitate and do the same. 3. Students may neglect their studies if they are only interested in the media e.g. Internet, on–line games.