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<p>This is one of those questions that people like to consider difficult, simply because the fail to just think a little bit outside the box…</p>
<p>Just think of ways that people are educated / informed of things today, then make a basic argument…</p>
<p>Here are some examples I thought of right away:
State of the Union Address —> the President helps us understand what’s going on, etc. You would have to think of a specific address and how it changed people’s understanding of the world, or whatever. You can also think of another instance of a president giving an important speech to the world. Nixon’s speech that contained the infamous “I am not a crook” line is a good example, since this eventually lead us to become cynical of our national leaders and change our understanding of national leaders…
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley –> Dr. Frankenstein learned a lot from books (and you would have to explain how his ready access to books shows there’s an abundance of information), but this skewed the way he saw the world, made him more dark, etc…
The creation & development of televisions —> lead to more ready access to news (i.e. information). Some bad things that have happened because of television: Americans actually saw what was happening in Vietnam, thus completely changing most Americans’ views on the war (and then you’d have to argue how that changed their view about the world). Something else: the media provides a lot of info, a lot of it is skewed or worded or reported in ways to influence people to develop a specific point of view. This, in change, changes how people understand the world around them… then you’d have to think of specific instances where this happened. One example: Woodward and Bersntein were the 2 reporters who discovered and exploited the whole watergate issue… eventually this changed how people saw the President and how people generally understood national leaders and the government</p>
<p>These examples, besides for the State of the Union one, are all examples that I’ve researched for the purpose of the SAT essay. Basically, this prompt is definitely one that you can bring researched examples into.</p>