The Media: Newspapers and magazines, Television and Radio

Take a look at newspapers from the UK and the USA:

• UK newspaper Front Pages
• BRITISH MEDIA ONLINE

Read some news:

• Learning - New York Times
• Breaking News
• Headlines

What about the radio? How has it changed over time? Do people listen to the radio as they used to?

• BBC radio stations
• Watch the trailer of the film Radio Days, by Woody Allen, and find out how important radio once was. 

A family tuning their radio to listen to a speech by W. Churchill, 1945

But nowadays, everything takes place online. You can read newspapers online, watch TV and films online, listen to the radio online... and much more. The internet has really changed the way we communicate, hasn't it? 

• Read about the history of computers and do some exercises ( easy) on LearnEnglishkids.
• Watch the trailer of the film The social network, by David Fincher, and get to know about the history of Facebook.
• Are you social-network smart? Watch the video and think about what you should and shouldn't do.