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PAC Final Exam Lyons Questions & Answers 2024/2025 True or false: The transition to a visual culture went in this order: books/text-->photograph-->radio-->television/image - ANSWERSfalse True or false: Postman, in Amusing Ourselves to Death, believes the dominant mode of c...

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True or false:



The transition to a visual culture went in this order:



books/text-->photograph-->radio-->television/image - ANSWERSfalse



True or false:



Postman, in Amusing Ourselves to Death, believes the dominant mode of communication (oral, written,
or visual) has a dramatic influence on how the culture perceives truth and authority. - ANSWERStrue



True or false:



Postman (in Amusing Ourselves to Death) argues the Lincoln-Douglas debates were unsophisticated
compared to modern political rhetoric. - ANSWERSfalse



True or false:



Cultures based on the written word tend to value argument and reason, while cultures built around
visual communication value appearance and emotion. - ANSWERStrue



True or false:



Postman argues (in Amusing Ourselves to Death) tv is not just an influence on our culture, but in some
ways IS our culture. - ANSWERStrue

, True or false:



Postman (in Amusing Ourselves to Death) believes the "Peek-a-Boo" culture really began with the
inventions of the photograph and the telegraph. - ANSWERStrue



True or false:



Postman believes the contemporary American culture is more like what Orwell described in 1984. -
ANSWERStrue



True or false:



Television has had a significant impact on education by conditioning students to require entertainment in
the classroom--according to Postman (Amusing Ourselves...) - ANSWERSTrue



True or false:



Postman (Amusing Ourselves...) thinks religion, especially Christianity, is hard, doctrinal, and complex,
which makes it a poor fit for tv portrayals. - ANSWERStrue



True or false:



Postman (Amusing Ourselves...) sees tv news as the one part of television that has largely remained
factual and informative. - ANSWERSfalse



True or false:



Postman (Amusing Ourselves to Death) believes television favors action and movement, so it struggles to
portray thinking. - ANSWERStrue



True or false:

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