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  • To increase or become successful and produce a lot of money very quickly.
    boom
  • False stories that appear to be news usually created to influence people's policital views or as a joke.
    fake news
  • To see or notice something, usually because you are looking hard. 
    spot
  • Newspapers or magazines.
    press
  • The words printed in large letters as the title of a story in a newspaper, or the main points of news on the TV/radio
    headlines
  • A type of popular newspaper which has many pictures and short simple reports.
    tabloid
  • Wanting to have a good effect, but not always achieving one. 
    well meaning
  • When programmes are sent out on television or radio.
    broadcast
  • To know about something before it happens.
    foresee
  • The act of making information or stories available to people in printed form.
    publication
  • Something that makes you feel unhappy or depressed. 
    get you down
  • An advertisement which is broadcast on TV or radio
    commercial
  • Advice that is useful and intented to help or impove something.
    constructive
  • To be very pleased.
    over the moon
  • A type of journalist who tries to discover information of public interest that someone is trying to hide.
    investigative journalism
  • A radio programme that is stored on a digital form that you can download from the internet.
    podcast
  • The person who writes the words films, radio or TV programmes.
    scriptwriter
  • Not being impartial.
    biased
  • A single part of a TV series.
    episode
  • A commonly believed or false idea.
    myth
  • To become very popular very quickly on the internet.
    go viral
  • The activity of listening or watching sound or video directly from the internet (not downloading it).
    streaming
  • Based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings.
    objective
  • Someone who reads out the reports on a television or radio news programme.
    newsreader
  • Able to make you believe something that is true or right.
    convincing
  • The person who decides which pictures or furniture etc. will be used when a film or play ir filmed or recorded.
    set designer
  • A person who corrects or changes pieces of text or films before they are printed or shown; a person who is in charge or a newspaper or magazine
    editor
  • Information, ideas, opinions or images, often only giving one part of an argument, that are produced with the intention of influencing people's opinions.
    propoganda
  • Great trust or confidence in someone or something.
    faith