4. The “news” we get provokes no
action- Postman
What do you really know about what is in
the news? What can you do about it?
The standard news cast
NEWS AS ENTERTAINMENT
5. Damaging to youthful viewers who depend
so much on media to give them their cue
on how to act in the world.
Politically,
Religiously &
Socially
WHAT’S THE DAMAGE
6. How much thought- historical knowledge,
abstraction, processing- do you put into news
stories that you casually take in?
What affects and trade-offs do new media
technologies, such as-but not limited to:
smartphones, Internet, social networking &
television, have on our information intake?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
