American Values and the Media

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American Values and the Media
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Bell Work

• Tom Hanks is to Cast Away as ___ is to Mission
  Impossible.
• Julia Roberts is to Richard Geere as ___ is to
  Brad Pitt.
• Elvis is to Rock n Roll as ___ is to pop music.

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Bell Work

• Regis is to Who Wants to be a Millionaire as
  ___ is to the Wheel of Fortune.
• Sylvester Stallone is to Rocky as ___ is to the
  Pirates of the Caribbean.

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Objectives

• Evaluate how American values are reflected in and
  reinforced by the mainstream media.
• Identify the role of print media in shaping and
  diffusing social norms in mainstream American
  culture.