Discussion Questions -

1. How comfortable are you with the credibility of the information you find on the Internet?

2. What, if anything, makes you uncomfortable about the credibility of an internet source? Why?

3. Considering the speed in which news is written today, what changes have you noticed in regards to written text? Has written communication changed for the better or for the worse?

4. What role does satire have in the news today? How have programs and websites such as The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and The Onion provided a separate space for commentary on the news and news providers?

5. How do you see investigative journalism developing in the future?

6. As a consumer of information, do you agree that you look for objectivity in news reporting? Are you looking for just the facts, or are you looking for opinion? Why?

7. What recent examples of opinion provided by journalists? How did this affect the delivery of the news on which they were reporting?

8. What has been your experience of video clips and photos posted online? Have you encountered any that were contrived to look real?