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SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support. FOR THE WEEK OF JAN. 16, 2006 Howard Stern satellite debut is part of radio revolution![]() ![]() Newspaper articles and ads reflect changes in popular culture and entertainment technology. Ask students to look through recent papers, especially entertainment sections, and spot things their parents didn’t enjoy when they were young – such as TiVo, iPods, phone cameras, Xbox or PlayStation 2, satellite dishes, DVDs and MP3s. They could discuss what was gained – and lost – because of the new inventions.
![]() Radio personalities like Howard Stern mainly get news coverage when they switch jobs, do something outrageous, are fined or get fired. Let students predict which form of mass communication – print (books, magazines, newspapers), Internet, TV, radio or movies – will most frequently be the main topic of articles in all sections of one day’s newspaper this week. Then check to see how many predictions were correct.
![]() Satellite radio networks have drawbacks similar to those of other national sources of information and entertainment. They don’t provide hometown news, weather, traffic reports, local personalities or the distinctive flavor of cities and regions. Challenge students to identify parts of the daily newspaper that aren’t found on broadcasts, blogs or podcasts.
Radio has been revolutionized in the last few years. We listen to stations from around the world through the Internet. We use iPods to hear personalized programs via podcasts downloaded from an increasing variety of sources. And satellite radio subscribers tune into 120 or more channels offering sports, music, news, comedy, religion and talk – including Howard Stern’s over-the-top antics, starting last week. America’s most outrageous shock jock began broadcasting this month from a new home -– Sirius Satellite Radio, which is paying him $500 million over five years. His headline-making switch from a national show on free radio to one of the two satellite radio networks is seen as a turning point for the industry. Stern’s arrival and the presence of other well-know personalities -– including Snoop Dogg, Bob Dylan, former MTV host Adam Curry and Martha Stewart -– on Sirius and XM Satellite Radio draw millions of new subscribers. Sirius subscriptions have more than quadrupled to 3.3 million since Stern's switch was announced. Listeners shell out $30 to $299 for a special receiver and pay $12.95 a month. New portable devices let listeners tune in at home and outdoors, and Sirius just introduced a small receiver that also plays MP3 music files. All of this is redrawing the broadcast landscape. "I don't compete on terrestrial radio anymore," Stern said. "It's so over."
Front Page Talking Points is written by
Felix Grabowski and Alan Stamm for NIEonline.com, Copyright 2024
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