Read the text, ignoring the gaps, and choose the correct headings. Then read again and fill in the missing information.
- such as newspapers, television
- newspapers, magazines and other periodicals
- collected, processed, analysed and spread
- historical, cultural, scientific
- agitate and manipulate
- films, music, shows
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The term "media" was created in the USA in the 1940s. In simple words, it's a way of communicating information and news to people, [ ], etc. The first media were newspapers which appeared in ancient Rome. With the development of technology, the media have also been developed. Except for the classical press like [ ], radio, television, and the Internet have become an integral part of the media. According to some researchers, the development of some social networks allows to call them another separate type of media.
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So, modern types of media include:
- the press (newspapers, magazines);
- book publishers;
- press agencies;
- broadcasting;
- TV;
- film-, video-, sound recording;
- the Internet (including social networks).
[Kinds of media|Functions of the media|What's media?]
The informative function is the most important one. The information is [ ] to the society. The educational function helps to develop people's knowledge by giving and explaining [ ] and other facts. Propaganda function, especially in the political sphere, is a way to [ ] people. The entertaining function can be represented by [ ] which can have a positive effect on people.