Questions:

1.  According to Prior, what impact have cable and the internet had on political knowledge.  Explain his reasoning. Are there ways to overcome the problems he had identified?

2. People often talk about the manipulative power of “The Mainstream Media,” sometimes derisively referred to as the “Lamestream Media.”  Why do people see the mass media as all powerful?  How might Markus Prior dispute this belief?  Which view is more nearly correct?  Explain why.