Self-study
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Summary
The public interest is comprised of many varying interests, and broadcast media must serve them all. Although most television viewers would prefer an action show to an opera, a constant stream of action shows on all channels would not be in the public interest. Thus…(the correct answer will be the conclusion)
Strongly Supported Conclusions
If the broadcast media plays action shows all day, they will not be serving the public interest.
Programming decisions should not be based solely on popularity.
6.
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a
broadcasters' obligations are ███ █████████ ██ ████ ████ ████ ██ ██████████ ██ ██████ █████ ███████████ █████████
The stimulus acknowledges that while most people might prefer action shows (popularity), it would not be in the public interest. This is because broadcast media must cater to all interests (not just what is most popular).
b
television networks should █████████ ████ ████████ ███ ████████ █████ ███ █████ ██████ █████
The stimulus does not give any information as to what broadcast companies are currently airing. The balance between arts and action shows may be in balance. Thus, this kind of comparative statement is not supported.
c
the public interest ██████ ██ ██████████ ████████ ██████████ █████████ ███████ █ ███ ███████
The stimulus says nothing about what should be considered when developing new shows. It receives no support from the stimulus, so it does not logically complete it.
d
the popularity of █ ██████████ ███████ ██ █ ████ █████████ ██ ███ ████████ ███████
This requires the assumption that action shows (or what is popular) is not of high artistic quality. The stimulus does not mention any standard to measure artistic quality.
e
broadcast media could ██ ███████ ███████ ██ ██████████ ███ ██████ ████████ ████ ██ ███ ████████ ███████ ██████ ██████ █████
This has the lawgic flipped and is too restrictive. There are many other reasons that the broadcast company neglects public interest, not just only showing action shows.