Compose a discussion on the media

The media is an exciting topic, especially if you are allowed to express your opinion on it. In a discussion this is exactly what it is about: you have to work out a topic and then express your opinion on it. Read on to find out how you can do this for TV, radio and print media.

Discussion on the radio: This is how it could be done

• The topic of radio is certainly not the most grateful, because radio is a medium that is considered to be quite out of date. On the other hand, it has been a long one for that very reason storywith which to begin your discussion. Also consider the value radio used to have: for example, it was an important source of news during World War II and the main entertainment medium long afterwards.
• It was not until the 1970s that it was gradually replaced by television. Finally, in the part of the discussion that is your own opinion, you can get down to it as you do the future of radio in competition with TV and internet or in connection with it (web radio) introduce.
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This is how you discuss TV as a medium

• There is no question about it: television has been the favorite medium for Germans over the past few decades. Not only films and series, but also reports and magazines often determine the afternoon and evening arrangements as well as the conversation at work the next day.
• At the same time, the subject of TV is so extensive that it is impossible to get it all out in one discussion. So pick out a few special TV events, for example sports events or mass entertainment shows like DSDS and Wetten dass ???


Discussion on the topic of media - landmarks

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• You can certainly express your opinion on TV by going into the social impact of television: How do casting shows influence today's teenagers? What effect do afternoon programs have on their viewers? Why are Pesudo Reality formats so popular? Just think about what you like or dislike about TV and focus on it.

Discuss print media skillfully

• If you want to discuss print media, the major German daily newspapers are a grateful source.
• Therefore, you should present them in a brief outline. Be sure to think of BILD, but also of more conservative papers like the Süddeutsche Zeitung and the FAZ.
• Put these newspapers against each other, discuss what one does differently from the other.
• Then take sides for one of the newspapers and justify it: Maybe you love BILD for its offensive journalism, maybe you like the sober tone of the FAZ.
• To illustrate your point, here are a few examples of major recent events and explain in which style which newspaper reported about it - and your discussion is already over in the print media done.

As you can see, there are many ways to skillfully discuss the media.