Media
Advertising – Information or manipulation?
Make a list of arguments: What are the positive and negative sides of advertising?
Do you think that advertising is manipulative?
To what extent are you personally influenced by advertising?
Do you buy things you do not really need? What products?
What advertising-rules do we have in Austria?
Are these rules necessary at all?
Do we need more regulations? Which ones would you recommend?
Do you think there is too much advertising in the ORF?
Private TV stations interrupt programmes to show commercials.
Should that be allowed in the ORF?
Television – the beginning of the end
How would you define “Reality TV”
What different types of TV programmes do you know?
What kinds of reality shows do/did you personally watch?
What Austrian Reality TV formats do you know?
What are your TV-viewing habits?
What are the media you use as sources of information?
Do you think a national TV stations like the ORF should produce reality shows?
Do you think the ORF is influenced by politics?
What are the responsibilities of (national) TV stations?
Do we have censorship in Austria? Is it necessary?
In what way will television change in the next years?
Mobile phones
In what way have mobile phones changed the way we behave?
What is the advantage of mobile phones for the police?
Why can mobile phones be good for teenagers?
What other technologies are growing quickly?
How many mobile phones have you got in your family?
Tell me about your personal use of the mobile phone.
How much money do you spend for telecommunication every month?
What can you use a mobile phone for – except for making phone calls?
Where are we not allowed to use mobile phones?
Where else should mobile phones be forbidden?
Do you think that mobile phones and transmitting stations could be a health hazard? How?
Britain’s new addicts: Women who gamble online
What is your definition of gambling?
What kinds of games do gamblers play?
Do you play any games for money? Which ones?
Have you ever played online games? Which ones?
What can be done to protect people from being ripped off?
What do you personally use the computer/the internet for?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of internet-shopping?
What other (internet-) addictions have you heard of?
Giving their lives to bring us the news
Journalism job profile: What do they do, what are the working conditions, advantages and
disadvantages, which skills/education do they need?
Censorship:
What are the limits to the freedom of our press?
What must not be printed in newspapers/magazines or presented on TV or in the Internet?
What happens if a newspaper prints illegal or false content?