Note On The Topic Before You Read Reading Intercultural Notes Further Information B 网络提供的这种自由和传统的媒介相比当然有着明显的区别。 例如，出版公司会慎重选择作者。这样的公司要求很高，所以只有 当作者在某一领域很有资历和经验时，才会出版他的书。在一本书 出版前，出版商会请一些别的专家对该书加以评论，而且公司聘请 的编辑和设计人员会对该书做进一步的改善。编辑们通常给出建议 将一本书改长或者缩短，还会改善作者的语言以使作品更清晰、更 容易让读者读懂。设计人员则处理书的版面问题，包括封面、照片 和其他图形类的东西，甚至还包括字体以及文本的风格。 暂停
This freedom is, of course, in sharp contrast to traditional media. Publishing companies, for example, can be very selective about their authors. Such companies have high standards and will only publish a book if the author is well qualified and experienced in the subject area. Publishers get other experts to a book before it is printed and further improvements to the book are made by editors and book designers employed by the publishing companies. Editors frequently make suggestions to make the book longer or shorter and to improve the author’s use of language to make the writing clearer and more easily to readers. Designers handle the layout of a book, including the cover, photographs and other graphics and even the font type and style of the text. B Note On The Topic Before You Read Reading Intercultural Notes Further Information B review comprehensible the process of studying or examining a situation, policy or idea again in order to decide whether it is satisfactory or suitable able to be understood 网络提供的这种自由和传统的媒介相比当然有着明显的区别。 例如，出版公司会慎重选择作者。这样的公司要求很高，所以只有 当作者在某一领域很有资历和经验时，才会出版他的书。在一本书 出版前，出版商会请一些别的专家对该书加以评论，而且公司聘请 的编辑和设计人员会对该书做进一步的改善。编辑们通常给出建议， 将一本书改长或者缩短，还会改善作者的语言以使作品更清晰、更 容易让读者读懂。设计人员则处理书的版面问题，包括封面、照片 和其他图形类的东西，甚至还包括字体以及文本的风格
Note On The Topic Before You Read Reading Intercultural Notes Further Information 然而这样的限制很少应用于网络。网络从各个层面上来说都是 不受控制的媒介，没有老板决定谁的书将会出版，没有评论家去验 证信息的可靠程度，没有编辑或者设计人员去改进书的原样，也很 少有法律或政府规定去验证信息的可接受性或者要求作者对他们的 资料能够做出解释。因此，网络缺少大多数媒体都具备的质量保证， 这种质量保证有助于广大读者相信他们的所见、所读以及所闻。这 一 缺陷造成的结果是显而易见的。网络上随处可见一些网站，这些 网站的内容如果用传统媒介呈现出来则会被认为是非法的。网络允 许人们发布观点，就算这些观点毫无根据或带有歧视
Few such restrictions apply to the Web. It is an unregulated medium at every level. There are no bosses deciding who will get published, no reviewers to check the reliability of information, no editors or designers to improve the way it is written or presented and few enforceable laws or government regulations to check the acceptability of the information or to make authors accountable for their material. The Web therefore lacks the quality assurance controls which operate in most media and which help the public to trust what they view, read and hear. The results of this lack of quality control are easy to see. The Web is littered with sites which would be illegal if presented by the more traditional media. The Web allows people to publish their opinions, even if these are unfounded and use discrimination. Note On The Topic Before You Read Reading Intercultural Notes Further Information C C unfair treatment of someone because of their religion, race, or other personal features 然而这样的限制很少应用于网络。网络从各个层面上来说都是 不受控制的媒介，没有老板决定谁的书将会出版，没有评论家去验 证信息的可靠程度，没有编辑或者设计人员去改进书的原样，也很 少有法律或政府规定去验证信息的可接受性或者要求作者对他们的 资料能够做出解释。因此，网络缺少大多数媒体都具备的质量保证， 这种质量保证有助于广大读者相信他们的所见、所读以及所闻。这 一缺陷造成的结果是显而易见的。网络上随处可见一些网站，这些 网站的内容如果用传统媒介呈现出来则会被认为是非法的。网络允 许人们发布观点，就算这些观点毫无根据或带有歧视
Note On The Topic Before You Read Reading Intercultural Notes Further Information 影视和广播公司比出版公司具有更加严格的规定。为了限 制它们暴露给听众和观众的（色情的、种族的和政治的）偏见的 数量，法律控制着它们节目的内容。严格的法律限制也对节目 中色情和暴力的数量进行控制。为了让听众和观众不受到脏话 的冒犯，这类节目中的语言也被严格控制。当对一个节目存在 疑问时，负责播放该节目的公司往往会请律师核查节目中的内 容和语言有没有触犯法律
TV, video and radio companies work under even regulations than publishing companies. The law controls the content of their programmes in order to limit the amount of (sexual, racial and political) listeners and viewers are exposed to. Strict legal limitations are also placed on the amount of sex and violence in programmes. The language used in such programmes is also carefully controlled so that the audience is not offended by excessive bad language. Where doubt exists about a programme, the company responsible for broadcasting the programme will get lawyers to check that the content and language used in the film do not break any laws. bias Note On The Topic Before You Read Reading Intercultural Notes Further Information D D stricter an attitude that you have that makes you treat someone in a way that is unfair or different from the way you treat other people having definite rules that people are expected to obey completely 影视和广播公司比出版公司具有更加严格的规定。为了限 制它们暴露给听众和观众的(色情的、种族的和政治的)偏见的 数量，法律控制着它们节目的内容。严格的法律限制也对节目 中色情和暴力的数量进行控制。为了让听众和观众不受到脏话 的冒犯，这类节目中的语言也被严格控制。当对一个节目存在 疑问时，负责播放该节目的公司往往会请律师核查节目中的内 容和语言有没有触犯法律