part one
Media Hype assignment directions:(3-4 pages)
Read: “Worry About the Right Things” by John Stossel
Read: “The Media Likes Scaring Us” by John Stossel
Watch: The YouTube Videos 2-6 from 20/20 about Media Hype.
Media Hype part 2 YouTube video
Media Hype part 3 YouTube video
Media Hype part 4 YouTube video
Media Hype part 5 YouTube video
Media Hype part 6 YouTube video
Write: Students are to write a 3-page reaction paper regarding “Worry About the Right Things”, “The Media Likes Scaring Us”, and the Media Hype 20/20 YouTube videos.
I’d like to know your opinion regarding the two articles you read and YouTube videos you watched. Include your responses to each of these questions in your paper.
- Was anything surprising to you?
- Discuss something you remember being “hyped” on TV or in the newspaper.
- Describe a time when you or your family members were affected by media hype.
- Has something hyped in the media affected the way you thought or behaved?
- Do you have any fears that may have been enhanced by something you saw, heard, or read via some form of media?
- Discuss in detail three of the situations the author discussed and your reaction to it.
part two
Agenda Setting & Cumulative Effects
1: Chapter 2 discusses the agenda-setting theory and the cumulative effects theory. Please choose either of those two theories, define it, and give a current example of this taking place in the media.
2: There are currently so many examples of outrageous media hype on TV, social media, in our newspapers, and online. Please share one example that you have seen within the last week. Include a link to your example.
