1. The News
Discussion Questions

2. Question 1:
Read the first paragraph on pg. 479, identify the images the author is describing.

3. Question 2:
How do the details about airplanes and fire support Postman’s point that television favors change?

4. Question 3:
Read the last paragraph on pg. 480, What topic will Postman analyze more closely? What technique does Postman use to support his idea?

5. Question 4:
On pg 481, how do these descriptive details support Postman’s idea that a newscast is a form of theater?

6. Question 5:
Look at the picture on page 482, how does the image relate to the idea of connecting people to their world through news?

7. Question 6:
According to Postman, how are newspaper and television journalism similar? Different?

8. Question 8
Why must a news anchor convey control above all other values?

9. Question 8:
Read the last paragraph on pg 484, explain the advantages that newspapers have over television news reports.

10. Question 9:
What sense of the world does television news cause?

11. Question 10:
What main idea does the anecdote about the little girl support?