时代周刊简介课件.ppt

1、TIMEGeneral IntroductionlTime(trademarked in capitals as TIME)is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City.lTime is the worlds largest circulation weekly news magazine with a readership of 25 million,of which 20 million are in the US.lTime is regarded as the“History Library”of the

2、world and it includes columns of economy,education,politics,business,science,technology,health,sports,criticism,people etc.lThe purpose of Time is to make people who are busy fully understand the world events.EditionslThe US edition is in New York.lA European edition(Time Europe,formerly known as Ti

3、me Atlantic)is published in London and also covers the Middle East,Africa and,since 2019,Latin America.lAn Asian edition(Time Asia)is based in Hong Kong.lThe South Pacific edition,covering Australia,New Zealand and the Pacific Islands,is based in Sydney.lIn December 2019,Time discontinued publishing

4、 a Canadian advertiser edition.Times sloganTime seems to be Written by someone and read by another.HistorylTime magazine was created in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce,making it the first weekly news magazine in the United States.lThe first issue of Time was published on March 3,1923,featuring

5、on its cover Joseph G.Cannon,the retired Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.lOn Haddens death in 1929,Luce became the dominant man at Time and a major figure in the history of 20th-century media.lBy the time of Henry Luces death in 1967,the Time Inc.stock which Luce owned was wort

6、h about US$109 million and yielded him a yearly dividend income of more than US$2.4 million.lTime became part of Time Warner in 1989,along with Warner Bros.lSince 2000,the magazine has been part of AOL Time Warner,which subsequently reverted to the name Time Warner in 2019.lIn 2019,Time moved from a

7、 Monday subscription delivery to a schedule where the magazine goes on sale Fridays,and is delivered to subscribers on Saturday.The magazine actually began in 1923 with Friday publication.General Introduction of the ContentlStyle1.Classification The Time initially possessed a distinctive writing sty

8、le,making regular use of inverted sentences.The biggest feature is that it classifies and analyzes the events within a week,with the background information.Time has always kept its constant style of classification and seldom changed for nearly 70 years since it had been founded.It includes the colum

9、n of lThe letters from readerslAsian affairslBusinesslBookslMusiclEducationlThe science and technologylThe United States2.Internationall“Keeping a foothold on The United States and at the same time caring about the whole world”has always been a major feature of Time.lThe information of Time come fro

10、m the whole world.Taking the World Outlook”as an example,which is reported on March 15th,2019.The news are from the Middle East,France,Russia,Britain,Ireland,Afghanistan,Algeria,Pakistan,South Korea,India,the United States,Canada and other countries or regions.lWith the publication of European editi

11、on,Asian edition and South Pacific edition,Time has become even more international.3.Profundity and AuthoritylAs a mainstream news-week,Time has become one of the most famous news publications in the world with its profound and authoritative writing style.It has advantages that cant easily be imitat

12、ed,replaced or surpassed by others,which is reflected in its style,content as well as workflow.lThe authority of Time is fully reflected in its integrated capacities such as news gathering capacity,the capacity of analyzing and processing news as well as post-production capacity.lWith charts,data,pe

13、rsonal interviews and a lot of work behind the scenes,Time profoundly presents some well-worth reading news to the readers.The Most Famous ColumnThe Person of the YearlTimes most famous feature throughout its history has been the annual Person of the Year(formerly Man of the Year)cover story,in whic

14、h Time recognizes the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest impact on news headlines over the past twelve months.The distinction is supposed to go to the person who,for good or ill,has most affected the course of the year;it is therefore not necessarily an honor or a reward.Fam

15、ous Persons of the past Yearsl1937:Jiangjieshi and Songmeiling This was the first time that Chinese people had been elected as Person of the Year.l1978 and 1985:Dengxiaopingl2019:Barack Obama l2019:Mark Zuckerburg(The man who founded Face book)lSometimes,The Person of the Year is some people,somethi

16、ng or even a conception instead of a person.For example:1950:American soldiers 1966:people under 25years old 1982:personal computers 1988:the endangered Earth 2019:YouInternet users 2019:The demonstratorsThe influence of TimelTime is one of the three topicality weekly in America,which includes all k

17、inds of current issues in the world.lWith different editions published,Time has a large number of international readers all over the world.l Its circulation often ranks in the top few in the completion with other similar magazines.lThe Times words,which Time produces every year,has become the record of Americans language changes in some sense.Famous Chinese people who have ever appeared in Time谢谢！谢谢！