Assignment task:
Directions: Please answer the following prompts using information from your reading of Ch. 6 and 7. Your response needs to show evidence that you read and understood the chapter and include specific examples to support your claims. You will also need to respond to two peers for full credit making sure that your responses go beyond "I agree" and add substance and move the discussion forward.
I will not accept any responses generated from ChatGPT for the weekly discussions or your written work. You will receive an automatic 0 if you have decided to delegate your learning to artificial intelligence. The point of the weekly discussions is for you to increase your understanding of the material with your peers. Your work and ultimately your degree should come from YOUR efforts alone. The nice thing about ChatGPT is that it loves to tell on itself when you ask if it has written something, so don't put yourself or me in the situation of having to give you a 0 for your work.
1. According to the text, describe some of the ways in which public opinion polls are used. What questions should we keep in mind when we are evaluating the results of a poll?
2. According to the text, describe some of the different types of media. Which type of media do you believe is the most truthful and why? Using examples, explain how the media supports democracy and why censorship threatens that.