<p>For that one in the children media passage, there was a question that I asnwered today's children are more discerning consumers.. does that even make sense?</p>
<p>hmmm...for that question (if I'm thinking of the same one), I think I said that contrary to what that guy in the intro said, electronic media actually does harm/corrupt our youth?</p>
<p>and ichiruki I'm glad i'm not the only person who thought so! I didn't realize there was anything about stoking egos or anything lol...</p>
<p>I blame Zuben.</p>
<p>i don't think so...the main difference in today's society from the older societies in terms of of bad pop culture for childen is that children these days have no ways of escaping it, with TV, radio, games. so i put that pop culure completely determine's the child's perception of the world...</p>
<p>bsDBer2010 - glad to hear it! i heard 'stroking egos' and i immediately thought of ads. games and TVs don't exactly stroke egos. at the same time, though i was confident about advertising, i was confused as to how pop culture strokes our egos...lol.</p>
<p>hmmm...for that question (if I'm thinking of the same one), I think I said that contrary to what that guy in the intro said, electronic media actually does harm/corrupt our youth?</p>
<p>yeah .. i think those were different questions though.. from what i got from the passage
i think that
author believes media harms kids b/c they are just throwing stuff away and moving on to next thrill
parents & scientists believe entertainment is bad b/c of violent stuff
robert or whats-his-face thinks that parents beliefs are wrong & thinks that entertainment does not have a great effect on children</p>
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<p>Wait maybe, can you be more specific about the question?</p>
<p>i'd like to clarify - I AGREE, there was a question about how the author's position differed from that of the man who wrote that essay about horror comics.</p>
<p>the one i'm talking about is a different question, it specifically said in the question what is the author referring to in lines so and so, about how children cannot escape the media due to stroking of egos and children being helped with their insecurities. it talked about children are susceptible to the media, remember the line about a bill of goods from when they are young? it was the line right after that. it was talking about advertising, marketing, i'm pretty sure. and yes, i do understand that the passage as a whole is talking about the detrimental effects of the media on children. it had a part about children are sucked in from a young age w/ toys, w/ the Disney girl</p>
<p>There was one answer choice that said that absolutely NO movies/video games should be watched. Was that correct, or the one above it?</p>
<p>Does anyone remember in the 1889 art one...</p>
<p>feigned indifference vs amused disbelief?</p>
<p>well the answer had nothing to do wtih no movies should be watched</p>
<p>i picked amused disbelief, but i wasn't positive</p>
<p>lol that robert guy and comics - pulp inferior form of lit?</p>
<p>also i said amused disbelief - that was the one with the antiques and like...MY crappy china in some museum HA!
I don't think it was feigned...that has such a negative connotation, right? she wasn't pretending to be indifferent...I think she was pretty obviously amused?</p>
<p>But yeah, then I saw this was written in the late 1800s and lol'd a lot, cuz what she said is SO true</p>
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<p>I went with amused disbelief. </p>
<p>You can tell she totally hated the dumb dog thing, but she was amused that people in two hundred years would put it on a pedestal.</p>
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<p>Definitely. That ***** hated the media.</p>
<p>amused disbelief...I'm like 90% confident on that.</p>
<p>I personally really like that passage, the only time I've actually enjoyed reading one haha</p>
<p>good! I think I switched to that :)!</p>
<p>I really liked that passage and, unlike most of you, I liked the passage about the writer.</p>
<p>I liked a few of the passages. The one about the antiques and all. The one about immigration in the United States. And the lion. And maybe the museum. I was on the edge with that.</p>
<p>The Indian guy was ridiculous and the objective and relative reality made me want to blow my brains out.</p>
<p>Did anyone get masculinity & feminism to boost ego for the media one??</p>
<p>masculinity/feminism?</p>
<p>what were you reading?</p>