people or the media? What about international news? What is the most important sour ___ of infor ___tion for you? People who are asked this question usually answer, "Television."
4 Think of all the messages you re ___ived today. Perhaps you read a newspaper during breakfast, or ___ybe you read advertisements on billboards （露天 ___牌 on your way to school. Did you listen to a weather forecast or the sports news on the radio this morning? Right now you are getting infor ___tion through a very important medium of ___ss munication-a book.
5 We use the infor ___tion we get from radio, television, newspapers, and other media to ___ke decisions and form opinions. That is why the ___ss media are so important. Editorials and articles in newspapers help us decide how to vote, consumer reports on television help us decide how to spend our money, and international news on the radio ___kes us think and form opinions about questions of war and pea ___.