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Directions: Answer the questions below with information you have before and/or after you visit the C-SPAN School Bus!
1. What is the role of television media? Identify some television news networks or programs you watch, and explain why you watch them.
2. What is the difference between watching an event on television and seeing something happen in person?
3. Label each screen image: close-up, medium shot or wide shot
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4. What is a sound bite? How is a sound bite used in the media? How might it be misused? How can a sound bite be taken out of context?
5. Name and explain three ways in which television media can have an impact on what viewers see. Consider editing, commentary, music, graphics, camera shots and angles, etc.
6. What impact do changes in the media profession have on the final product? For example, has the advent of 24-hour news channels changed the way in which news is reported?
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