Problem 1: Explain the difference between causation and correlation. Why do people have trouble distinguishing the difference?
Problem 2: What is technological determinism? How has this phenomenon impacted the life of people?
Problem 3: Who were William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, and what role did they play in the Spanish-American War? What are the contemporary examples of this type of journalism, and how have they affected society?
Problem 4: What is a consumer magazine? Give examples and discuss their impact on media use.
Reference Link: George Rodman, Mass Media in a Changing World 4th ed., (NY: McGraw-Hill, 2012).