THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST 06/11/2015 JULY The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 07 2017 EP I SO D E 299 FLASHBACK ENW 228: THE PICASSO OF POP MUSIC The Twitter Trolls ENW 299 Introduction This week s English News Weekly podcast reports on a growing and unpleasant side-effect of social media Internet trolling. This week has seen another high-profile celebrity quit the social networking service in response to continued online abuse through Twitter. What causes this trolling? What is the fall out from abusive messages? What can be done to stop it? English News Weekly will try to explain all HOMEPAGE http://pod.flare. hiroshima -u.ac.jp/cms/enw.php FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/enw1975 (c) Jaime Selwood TWITTER ENW Episode 219 twitter.com/enwpodcast TECHNOLOGY
Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1 Most Popular Twitter Page 1 / 2 Quiz This Week Page 2 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary Synonyms Page 3 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 385 Words Page 4 What Do You Think..? Page 4 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 5 A & Q Page 5 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 6 7 to Chinwag Page 6 Writing Activity Page 7 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 7 TV Links Page 8 The Answers Pages 8-10 A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1
1 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 [201707-01] The Twitter Trolls July 7 th 2017 Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Tweet b) Hashtag c) Twitter d) Retweet My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Social Media Warm Up 3 Most Followers on Twitter (July 2017) Look at the list of the most popular Twitter accounts on page 2. Then place them in the correct order of most popular. The left column is the six most popular around the world. Twitter Handle Followers Twitter Handle Followers 1 101m 10 61m 2 97m 13 53m 3 91m 22 37m 4 85m 27 35m 5 74m 32 33m 6 70m 35 31m
2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Twitter Handles Who is Who? TWITTER HANDLE TWITTER HANDLE A @BARACKOBAMA G @KATYPERRY B @BBCBREAKING H @NARENDRAMODI C @BILLGATES I @NYTIMES D @CRISTIANO J @RIHANNA E @THEELLENSHOW K @TAYLORSWIFT F @JUSTINBIEBER L @TWITTER Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: With 101 million followers, who has the most popular Twitter account? a: Justin Bieber b: Katy Perry c: Taylor Swift 2: How many Twitter followers does the official Twitter account have? a: 51m b: 61m c: 71m 3: Ed Sheeran, a musician from England, has how many Twitter followers? a: 19m b: 29m c: 39m 4: What year did Twitter start? a: 2004 b: 2005 c: 2006 5: As of July 2017, how many active Twitter accounts have been created? a: 1.3 billion b: 1.7 billion c: 2.1 billion 6: As of July 2017, what percentage of world leaders has Twitter accounts? a: 71% b: 77% c: 83% E1: How many Twitter accounts have no followers at all? a: 291m b: 391m c: 491m E2: What percentage of Twitter accounts are outside of the United States? a: 69% b: 79% c: 89% E3: Which of the following photographs is the original Twitter logo? a: b: c: END OF PART 1
3 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. have decided who online profile continues tweeters had in enough the of high- to rise abuse Yet, have grow they 2 Twitter Trolls: Free Speech or Abuse? Yet the rise Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Twitter Trolls: Free Speech or Abuse? Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 Ed Sheeran has more than 29 million followers on Twitter. [T] [F] 2 The Sun is a British newspaper. [T] [F] 3 An Internet Troll is a person who conducts online abuse. [T] [F] 4 BBC, NHK, CNN and SNS are all news services who use Twitter. [T] [F] 5 Twitter has created three new English language words. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Synonyms A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Quandary 6 Uniformly A Unpleasant F Provocative 2 High-Profile 7 Inflammatory B Dilemma G Dictionary 3 Tired 8 Troll C Illicit H Famous 4 Focused 9 Lexicon D Demon I Concentrated 5 Mean 10 Criminal E Bored J Consistently END OF PART 2
4 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Listening / Reading Listening Twitter Trolls: Free Speech or Abuse? Three Words Help Listen / Read the news story below and choose the correct answer. 299 Twitter Trolls: Free Speech or Abuse? 1 Free speech or unacceptable abuse? This is the quandary that continues to cause a dilemma for one of the 1: hugest/largest/richest Social Networking Sites in the world Twitter. Yet, the rise in high-profile tweeters who have decided they have had enough of online abuse continues to grow. This week 26 year-old English singersong writer Ed Sheeran joined a growing list of celebrities who have decided to stop tweeting as they become tired of receiving 2: abusive/kind/crazy messages. 2 After getting many abusive tweets on his Twitter feed that focused on his appearance and musical 3: style/playing/ability, Ed Sheeran announced in an interview with The Sun - a British newspaper that he had enough. "I've actually come off Twitter completely, I can't read it. I go on it and there's nothing but people saying mean things. One comment ruins your day. He then later tweeted his 19m followers that he would no longer comment 4: on/in/with Twitter. 3 Sheeran is following other high-profile figures that have stopped using Twitter, including Kanye West, Demi Lovato, Emma Stone and Miley Cyrus. The reason these entertainers provide for 5: leaving/alighting/quitting is uniformly simple abuse from Internet Trolls. A troll is a person who revels in starting arguments, upsetting people or posting inflammatory messages online with the aim of provoking an 6: emotional/angry/violent response. 4 Although some high-profile Twitter users such as Harry Potter author JK Rowling prefer to respond to trolls directly by using 7: love/humour/kindness to ridicule their abusive tweets. On one memorable occasion, JK Rowling responded to this abusive tweet I will now burn your books and movies too by replying Well the fumes from the DVDs might be toxic and I ve still got all your money so please borrow my 8: matches/lighter/burner. 5 Twitter s impact on modern culture across the globe is unmatched, with celebrities, sports stars, politicians and news services such as the BBC, CNN and NHK using the SNS to release information or comment upon current events. Twitter is also responsible for new words such as tweet, retweet and hashtag entering almost all 9: major/minor/some languages lexicon. 6 Additionally, in many countries sending abusive messages by Twitter is a criminal act and people across the world have been imprisoned. Of course, when the current US President uses Twitter to send messages that could be seen as 10: friendly/offensive/weird then perhaps the trolling is not going to end soon. END OF PART 3 [385Words]
5 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! Q1 Which author uses Twitter to disabuse Internet trolls? Q2 Which news services are mentioned using Twitter? Q3 Which singer-song writer has announced he is leaving Twitter? Q4 What are abusive online people called? Q5 Which UK newspaper is mentioned in the news article? Q6 Which new words have Twitter help introduce to the lexicon? E1 How many actors are mentioned in the news story? E2 How many musicians/singers are mentioned in the news story? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 Harry Potter? A2 19 million? A3 British.? A4 26.? A5 US President? END OF PART 4
6 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 English Extra I 21 St Century English Words The English language is constantly involving and as we are already in the 16 th year of the 21 st Century even more new words / phrases have been introduced. Examples: Selfie = A self-taken photograph usually with a smartphone Amazeballs = Extremely good or impressive / amazing. Can you match the phrase with the correct meaning? Education Expressions Meanings & Examples 1 Binge-Watch A Not Safe For Work = content that is adult in nature. 2 Anti-Vax B In Case You Missed It 3 Selfie C Electronic cigarette. 4 Bro-Hug D Extremely good or impressive / amazing. 5 Catfish E The Internet / Online. 6 NSFW F A friendly embrace between two men. 7 Amaze-balls G To become very tired from watching too much TV 8 e-cig H To watch multiple episodes of a TV programme. 9 Hot-mess I To lure someone through a fictional online persona. 10 ICYMI J Films / TV that educate & entertain at the same time 11 Cyberspace K A self-taken photograph usually with a smartphone 12 Edutainment L To forgot what you want to say. 13 Telethargy M To be opposed to medical vaccinations. 14 Phrasefreeze N A person / thing that is unsuccessful or disordered. 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic Twitter Trolls: Free Speech or Abuse? Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think when you read this week s ENW topic box? 2 What do you think about Ed Sheeran s music? Why? 3 Do you think there should be any regulations on Internet usage? Why? 4 Do you think Free Speech means that anybody can say anything? Why? 5 Do you use Twitter? Which people do you follow and why? 6 What is your opinion of Twitter? Why? EX FREE QUESTION!
7 The English News W eekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Writing This Week Twitter only allows a user to write a maximum of 140 characters per message. So, using only 140 characters introduce yourself. Write as much details and explanations as you can but remember 140! END OF PART 5 And Finally V, X, W, Y & Z A4 Did You Know? The End
8 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Visual TV Links NBC USA News (USA) 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09llimcbts [02:18] Ed Sheeran Quits Twitter Seven News (Australia) 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asg8x9b2o0m [03:06] TV Hosts Confronts Twitter Trolls You Tube (USA) 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzrkszagbby [02:13] The History of Twitter Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out C Twitter A / B / D are all words that have been created through Twitter Warm Up 3 Most Popular Twitter Handles 1 G 2 F 3 A 4 K 5 J 6 E 10 L 13 D 22 I 27 C 32 B 35 H A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 B 2 B 3 A 4 C 5 A 6 C E1 B E2 B E3 C Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences Yet, the rise in high-profile tweeters who have decided they have had enough of online abuse continues to grow A2 True or False 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 F Synonyms 1 B 2 H 3 E 4 I 5 A 6 J 7 F 8 D 9 G 10 C
Answers Part 3 9 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Listening 299 Twitter Trolls: Free Speech or Abuse? 1 Free speech or unacceptable abuse? This is the quandary that continues to cause a dilemma for one of the largest Social Networking Sites in the world Twitter. Yet, the rise in high-profile tweeters who have decided they have had enough of online abuse continues to grow. This week 26 year-old English singer-song writer Ed Sheeran joined a growing list of celebrities who have decided to stop tweeting as they become tired of receiving abusive messages. 2 After getting many abusive tweets on his Twitter feed that focused on his appearance and musical ability, Ed Sheeran announced in an interview with The Sun - a British newspaper that he had enough. "I've actually come off Twitter completely, I can't read it. I go on it and there's nothing but people saying mean things. One comment ruins your day. He then later tweeted his 19m followers that he would no longer comment on Twitter. 3 Sheeran is following other high-profile figures that have stopped using Twitter, including Kanye West, Demi Lovato, Emma Stone and Miley Cyrus. The reason these entertainers provide for quitting is uniformly simple abuse from Internet Trolls. A troll is a person who revels in starting arguments, upsetting people or posting inflammatory messages online with the aim of provoking an emotional response. 4 Although some high-profile Twitter users such as Harry Potter author JK Rowling prefer to respond to trolls directly by using humour to ridicule their abusive tweets. On one memorable occasion, JK Rowling responded to this abusive tweet I will now burn your books and movies too by replying Well the fumes from the DVDs might be toxic and I ve still got all your money so please borrow my lighter. 5 Twitter s impact on modern culture across the globe is unmatched, with celebrities, sports stars, politicians and news services such as the BBC, CNN and NHK using the SNS to release information or comment upon current events. Twitter is also responsible for new words such as tweet, retweet and hashtag entering almost all major languages lexicon. 6 Additionally, in many countries sending abusive messages by Twitter is a criminal act and people across the world have been imprisoned. Of course, when the current US President uses Twitter to send messages that could be seen as offensive then perhaps the trolling is not going to end soon. Answers Part 4 A3 Q & A 1 JK Rowling 5 The Sun 2 CNN, BBC, NHK 6 Hashtage, Tweet, Retweet 3 Ed Sheeran E1 One 4 Internet Trolls E2 Four A & Q Example Questions A1 Which character did JK Rowling create? A2 How many followers did Ed Sheeran have? A3 What nationality is Ed Sheeran? A4 How old is Ed Sheeran? A5 Which world leader uses Twitter to criticize opponents? [382 Words] Post-Listening / Reading
English Extra 10 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 1 H 4 F 7 D 10 B 13 G 2 M 5 I 8 C 11 E 14 L 3 K 6 A 9 N 12 J And Finally X & Z A4 W, V, Z, Y, X Extra Bit This Week s ENW Images
Episode 299 11 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 MAIN PHOTO Still: https://blog.tamindir.com/trol-nedir-kim-nasil-trollenir-siz-bir-troll-musunuz_14126/ LINKS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_most_followed_users_on_twitter https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/44-twitter-stats-2016/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/twitter https://twitter.com/jack/status/20?lang=en https://www.buzzfeed.com/eleanorbate/i-quite-like-old-whorethough?utm_term=.wgjmaz6wz#.baxb2we4w http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/most-shocking/10-idiots-who-got-arrested-because-oftwitter/ http://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/news/a42328/celebrities-who-have-quit-social-media/ http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40491956 https://www.boston.com/news/national-news/2014/08/14/oxfords-online-dictionary-adds- 21st-century-friendly-words