Mass media is pervasive in our culture. create a calendar on which you record a week in your life. note your media consumption during that week. is this a typical week for you?

as you log your media use, break it down by type of media (i. e., web surfing, television, radio.) break down each category into your favorite shows, websites, in that category. then report the information on a chart.

Read the excerpt from the building of manhattan. the heater cranked the blower handle to force air up through the fire and heat the rivets in the furiously burning bed of coals. he knew how hot the rivets were by the way their color changed. cherry-red rivets were 1,000 to 1,950 degrees fahrenheit. at the right moment he grabbed one in his tongs and tossed it to the catcher. which phrase cannot be changed in a paraphrase of this text? “the furiously burning bed of coals” “by the way their color changed” “1,000 to 1,950 degrees fahrenheit” “force air up through the fire and heat”