QUESTIONS TO SHARPEN YOUR FOCUS

1		The media equation states that our responses to media match how we react in real life. Since an equation is an identity, is it also true that our real-life responses match the way we react to media?
2		Given sufficient time and money, how might you prove or disprove the contention that the slow pace of evolution is the reason our old brain responds socially and naturally to media?
3		What experience have you had with television, computers, or other new electronic media that supports or contradicts the media equation? Why might Reeves and Nass discount your testimony?
4		How could media equation researchers design an experiment to discover whether people create shared meaning with a computer?