Watch a national news
broadcast of your choice and a half-hour or hour-long television situation
comedy that contains a family or a neighborhood of people. While you are
watching these programs, take notes of the messages these programs are giving
you. For example, on the news program, what types of stories are reported? What
kind of ideological messages can you detect? On the situation comedy, what
types of values do these people hold? Are they similar to your values or to
people you know? With both programs, don?t forget to include an analysis of the
advertising during commercials. What types of products or services are being
advertised? What is the message? In the ads, how was happiness defined? Your
goal is to notice what au
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