Week 4 Discussion:
Tuned Out:
In chapter three, Mindich tries to fill holes that statistics cannot. He tries to go beyond the numbers and conducts interviews to discover why some are or are not watching the news. How do the comments of those interviewed in Tuned Out compare to your news habits?

Also, Mindich gets at what many have brought up in class already-the news is boring...people would rather watch entertainment. To what extent should news producers go in order to make news interesting to lure viewers?

Inequality Matters:
The first chapter for this week focuses on the growing trend to have separate but equal schools. How does this apply to your secondary school (high school) experience? What's the danger in having separate but equal schools? Or is there a danger?


The second chapter focuses on a real life experience of an Asian American woman who talks of about the relationship between ethnicity, class and economic inequality. Give some examples of the connections of ethnicity, class and inequality that you've seen.

Connections:
Is there anyway to connect the readings? How so?

What I've just posted are starting points. Feel free to take the discussion in another direction.