• newspaper
• journals
• magazines
• the press
• tv
• radio
• broadcasting
• CDs
• DVDs
• electronic media
• books
• the net
• posters
• tv/radio spots
• newspaper ads
• advertising
• the media are (not "media is" or "media are" - do not forget "the")
• the electronic/digital/print/broadcast/mass/new/news media
• the quality/popular/gutter/yellow/rainbow press
• media exposure
• media attention
• media coverage
• media empire
• media hype
• media campaign
• media circus
• smear campaign
• media correspondent
• media guru
• media mogul
• media magnate
• media pundit
• media tycoon
• (e.g. sports) coverage

• news paper
• magazine
• periodical
• tabloid (e.g. "The Sun", "The Daily Mirror"
• broadsheet (e.g. "The NY Times")
• circulation (amount in numbers)
• readership
• subscriber
• subscription
• editor
• journalist/journo
• hack
• columnist
• critique
• critic
• criticism
• reviewer
• to run/carry a(n) story/article/piece/report/review
• editorial
• headline
• heading
• leading article (leader)
• to lead with a story
• Fleet Street (synonym for british news papers)
• bid (attempt)
• boost (increase in numbers or in confidence, morale or prospects)
• dash (fast journey, often with an uncertain outcome)
• ordeal (unpleasant experience, usually lasting some time)
• plea (emotional request)
• pledge (promise)
• probe (inquiry)
• quiz (questioning by police or at an enquiry)
• row (argument)
• vigil (a period of waiting, perhaps by an ill persons's bedside or in protest at something)
• obituary (article about the life of someone who recently died)
• gossip column ((often critical) stories about social activities and private lives of famous people)
• banner headline (headline in extermely large print)
• masthead (top of front page carrying the name of the paper)
• scoop (exclusive story, especially an exciting one)
• home (news about the country the paper is published in)
• classified (advertisements) (small advertisements about films, plays, concerts, things for sale, and so on)
• to publish
• agony aunt
• busybody

• radio/tv channel
• broadcaster
• guide
• a broadcast (mostly live)
• disc jockey/DJ
• a program
• a show
• footage
• talk show (american, more "dirty", e.g. "Jerry Springer")
• chat show (british, more interveiews, prominents)
• sport's program(me)
• sitcom
• series (e.g. a sitcom)
• serial (e.g. a soap - continuing story)
• host ("moderator" and "show master" are false friends!)
• to host/front/anchor a show/news programme ...
• presenter
• reporter
• report
• guests
• newsreader/newscaster (the person who reads the news on television)
• anchor/anchorman/anchorwoman/anchorperson (the person who links all together)
• TV crew
• camera operator
• correspondent
• news gatherer (= reporters, correspondents, camera operators)
• product placement
• cliff hanger
• episode
• storylines of a soap (not a "plot" here)
• awareness raising
• frequency
• to screen (to show on television)
• prime/breaktfast time
• audience
• audience share
• director of programmes

• a square (it's square in shape)
• a rectangle (it's rectangular in shape)
• a circle (it's circular in shape)
• a triangle (it's triangular in shape)
• an oval (it's oval in shape)
• a semi-circle (it's semi-circular in shape)
• U-shaped
• star-shaped
• diamond-shaped
• heart-shaped
• a cube (it's cubic in shape)
• a cylinder (it's cylindrical in shape)
• a cone (it's conical in shape)
• a sphere (it's sqherical in shape)
• dome-shaped
• wedge-shaped
• pear-shaped
• straight
• curved
• diagonal
• parallel
• horizontal
• vertical
• rounded
• pointed (spitz)
• sloping (of a path, garden, roof etc)
• in the north/south/east/west (of ...)
• in the middle
• at the top/bottom
• on the left/right
• between
• on either side of
• left-hand/right-hand corner
• in front of/behind/beyond/next to/beside/on
• above (higher than)
• below (lower than)
• over (directly above)
• under (directly below)

• (to move) towards/up to/away from/past/by/(a)round/onto/over/under/along/across/from...to/thorugh/behind/from behind
• up(wards)/down(wards)/backwards/forwards/to and fro (hin und her)
• to turn (towards/to face)
• to head (towards) to approach
• to face (to the right/left, the camera, away from the camera)
• to face each other
• to move (disappear) into the distance/out of shot/from side to side/backwards and forwards/to look into the camera/off-screen/over one's shoulder/beyond/through the camera
• to glimpse
• to glance
• to gaze
• to stare
• to pass (behind/in front of)
• to cross
• to move out of shot/into shot/to back away from
• to catch up with/to overtage
• to fill the screen
• to hide/conceal/cover (hidden from view)
• to zoom in on (an object)
• to zoom away from (an object)
• to scroll (towards / away from)
• to pan across/along (a street, etc)/up/down (a skyscraper, etc)/around
• to pan out from (~ zomm away from)
• to freeze a frame/an image
• to blur/fade/dissolve into
• cross-fading
• to superimpose one image on another (to put one picture, image or photograph on top of another so that both can be partly seen)
• to interrupt/intersperse on image with another
• to speed up/accellerate an image
• in slow motion
• to hone in on (~ to concentrate on)
• to fade in and out
• a snapshot/a series of snapshots
• a still (a static image taken from a dynamic image)
• a sharp/blurred outline
• a soft-focus shot
• a transparent figure/object
• in the foreground/background
• in profile
• in negative
• in focus / out of focus / to come into focus / to go out of foucs
• a fade-out
• a split-screen image
• a bird's eye view (of an object)
• a panorama (or aerial view) (of a cityscape)
• a shot from below
• a close-up
• a vantage point (Fluchtpunkt)

• fraternal
• backbiting
• to chuckle (to laugh quietly)
• grudging (done or given very unwillingly)
• beyond the pale (beyond the good taste
• naff (silly, bad taste, especially in connection to fashion)
• reappraisal (to examine something again in order to consider whether you should change your opinion of it)
• to snigger (to laugh quietly and often unkindly at something which is not supposed to be funny)
• to moan (to complain in an annoying way, especially in an unhappy voice and without good reason=
• alledgedly (angeblich)
• a churl (impolite, bad tempered person)
• oevre (all the works of an artist)
• to fly off the shelves (selling like hot cakes)
• epitath (sth written on the gravestone)
• prickly (some who is prickly gets annoyed or offended easily)
• in excess of (more than)
• to lose ground (here: to lose viewers)
• crucial (extremely important because everything else depends on it)
• showing (performance)
• to hit (to affect negatively)
• to smack off (here: to remind of)
• down to (because of)
• impact (effect/strong influence)
• different shades of belief
• to languish (to become weaker or less successful)
• distracting (pulling away, taking away attention)
• broad social spectrum
• dismissive (not taking seriously)
• to deconstruct (to break up)
• to dissolve (auflösen)
• fraught debates (fraught: situation full of problems and very difficult to deal with)
• bald facts (nackte Fakten/Tatsachen)
• to convey (to communicate information or a message)
• oppressed minorities
• environmental activists
• baffling (confusing)
• urban myths/legends
• prejudice
• addictive/addiction/the addict
• stance (stance: an opinion that is stated publicly)
• to condemn (to say very strongly that you do not approve of something or someone, especially because you think it is morally wrong)
• unbiased (able to make a fair judgement, especially because you are not influenced by your own or other people's opinions)
• factual
• upmarket/downmarket (upmarket: connected with people who belong to a high social class or have a lot of money)
• brand awareness
• target group
• to stick to (a plan, a resolution, the rules...)
• consistent ratings performance
• to display
• an erratic year (erratic movements, actions etc seem to have no pattern or plan)
• to stay loyal

Die Liste entstand aus meinen Mitschriften im dem Kurs "Einführung in die Fachsprache Medien" des Sprachenzentrums der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar unter Leitung von Mr. Atikonson. Sie wurde weder korrekturgelesen noch stellt sie eine offizielle Liste dar.