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Brooke Gladstone, Josh NeufeldThe Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media
Brooke Gladstone, Josh NeufeldNonfiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Adult | Published in 2011A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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Gladstone chose to use an illustrated comic as the medium for her book on the media. What is the effect of this? Why might she have done this?
How do Gladstone and Neufeld use humor throughout the book? Describe and analyze three examples.
What kind of relationship does Gladstone believes exists between the news media and the American government? What are some reasons she gives for this relationship?
What kind of relationship does Gladstone believes exists between the news media and American consumers? What are some reasons she gives for this relationship?
Gladstone mentions several kinds of bias that exist in news media coverage. Name these biases and give examples from the book for each. What effect do these biases have on consumers?
What is the Influencing Machine? Why does Gladstone choose this as the book's central metaphor?
How does Gladstone portray herself? Do you see evidence of bias in her writing? Why or why not?
Gladstone devotes a significant portion of her book to war reporting. Why does she do this?
Gladstone reports that consumers are drawn to news and information that supports and confirms their worldviews. Do you believe this is true? Why or why not?
What is objectivity? How has the media's relationship to objectivity changed since the beginning of newsprint? How has the consumer's relationship to objectivity changed since the beginning of newsprint?
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