20 Questions: Media

1. Do you think that keeping up to date with current events is important? Why?
2. What was the biggest news story for you in 2011? Why?
3. Is there too much focus on bad news in the media? Why or why not?
4. Name one thing that you saw on the news that made you think, “This is NOT news!”.
5. How much do newspapers focus on selling papers versus writing quality content?
6. How has social media affected the way that we get our news?
7. Does the media have the right to get into people’s personal lives?
8. How, where, and when do you get your source of news?
9. How would you define the role of the media?
10. Are celebrity stories really news? If not, why? If so, please give an example.
11. How can the media be helpful to people?
12. How can the media harm people?
13. Do you think that the majority of the public knows a lot about global current events?
14. Should media outlets be punished for false information? If so, how? If not, why not?
15. Would you like to be a TV reporter or a journalist for a newspaper?
16. What is the best thing that the media has done for society?
17. How will people get their news in the future?
18. Which current event is most important to you now?
19. What is the media’s biggest mistake? Why and how could they fix it?
20. Has there ever been a story that was not covered, or was not covered enough in the media?