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Journalists Role In Timothy Crouse's 'Boys On The Bus'

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1. Journalists role within the coverage of media has changed drastically between Timothy Crouse’s Boys on the Bus, to the 1980’s when this show was produced. The forever evolving technologies of the media may make it hard to stay competitive in the news market. Do you think that the medias technology that was used plateaued around the Vietnam War until the early 2000’s?

2. With media coverage becoming very competitive, were the journalists made to put themselves into dangerous positions to be relevant on the news media front? If they didn’t risk themselves for the information would people get the information they needed to know during a time of chaos.

3. The news that’s being targeted is more personal and risqué than it used to be. Within

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