Introduction to Mass Media

Chapter 8 Discussion Questions: Television

Instructor: Keith Forrest

 

How many hours of television do you watch in a day?

 

What television programs do you watch?

 

Why do you watch those shows?

 

What is your favorite television genre?  Why?

 

Have you every purchased something because you saw an ad on television?  What?

 

Have you ever imitated something that you saw on television?  What?

 

Have you ever felt an emotion from something you saw on television?  What?

 

Have you ever quoted something you saw on television?  What?

 

What TV characters do you identify with?

 

Do you watch television actively or passively?

 

Do you watch news on television?  What news program?  What do you remember from the most recent news program you watched?

 

How does television affect your attitudes, beliefs, and values?

 

Is Erik Barnouw right when he says that television is a “tube of plenty”?