1. The press
   1. communication channel between politicians and society
   2. founded - 18th c.
      1. Tatler
         1. 1709
      2. The Spectator
         1. 1711-12
      3. The Rambler
      4. Steele, Addison, Dr Johnson
   3. National Newspapers
      1. quality papers (broadsheets)
         1. The Times
            1. the oldest
            2. 1785
            3. cooperates with Polskapresse
            4. Polska Gazeta Krakowska
         2. The Daily Telegraph
            1. 19th c.
         3. The Financial Times
            1. economic newspaper
            2. 24 cities
            3. rival
            4. Wall Street Joural
         4. The Independent
            1. the smallest
         5. The Guardian
            1. 19th c.
         6. centre-right
         7. centre-left
         8. social liberalism
      2. tabloids
         1. The Sun
            1. largest in UK
            2. 9th in world
         2. The Daily Mail
            1. 2nd
            2. late 19th c.
            3. first newspaper aimed to women
            4. right-of-centre
         3. The Daily Mirror
            1. left-of-centre
   4. Freedom of Information Act
      1. 2000
      2. 2005- came into force
      3. the public bodies must answer the questions not only journalists but also individuals and businesses.
   5. Tabloids
      1. black-and-white world
      2. emotions to rational thinking
      3. legal regulations
         1. court injunction/gag order
            1. a legal order forbidding a newspaper publishing some information
         2. superinjunction
            1. an additional court order that obliges a paper not even to inform readers that there is injunction concerning some information.
   6. Sundays
      1. bigger version
      2. e.x. The Independent Sunday
      3. The Guardian->The Observer
   7. "News of the world"
      1. closed: July 10, 2011
      2. Sunday version of The Sun
      3. phone-hacking scandal
      4. Rupert Murdoch
         1. "page three girl"
   8. Magazines
      1. The Spectator
         1. right-of-centre
            1. weekly
      2. New Statesman
         1. left-of-centre
            1. weekly
      3. The Economist
         1. economy
         2. not a national magazine
      4. Private Eye
         1. bi-weekly
         2. satiritical
         3. most popular of magazines
2. British Broadcasting Corporation
   1. BBC
      1. 1922
   2. pulic company
   3. license fee
      1. a form of tax and those who avoid paying it commit a criminal offence according to the British law
   4. neutral in the public debate
   5. Broadcasting House
      1. London
   6. BBC Radio
      1. several radio stations
   7. BBC Television
      1. 8 channels
      2. BBC1, BBC2
   8. BBC Online
   9. BBC World Service
      1. largest radio broadcaster
      2. role in WWII
         1. independent informtion
3. Other TV companies
   1. ITV
      1. 1st commercial station
      2. 1955
   2. Channel 4
      1. TV programmes of high standards, culturally and educationally inspiring
   3. Channel 5
      1. American soap operas and films
   4. 1BskyB
      1. largest satellite TV company
      2. owned by News Corp.
      3. sport, entertainment
4. British sitcoms
   1. Elizabethian drama
   2. British society and life
5. The Internet
   1. press on Internet
6. Reuters
   1. global news agency