Media Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. The way a society conducts conversation about politics, religion, education, and public life.
  2. 4. A way of thinking shaped by print culture that values logic, depth, evidence, and sustained argument.
  3. 6. The framework a culture uses to decide what counts as truth and how knowledge is validated.
  4. 7. The medium Postman argues transformed public discourse into a form of entertainment.
  5. 9. The dominant value that shapes how serious subjects are presented in modern media.
Down
  1. 1. The background meaning and structure that give ideas depth, which television often removes.
  2. 3. Content that, in a television culture, is often fragmented and disconnected from action.
  3. 5. When public communication prioritizes visual drama and excitement over substance or reasoning.
  4. 8. The form of communication that shapes how a message is understood, not just what the message says.
  5. 10. Postman’s phrase describing how media abruptly shifts topics, preventing reflection or continuity.