Revision Questions

Religion and the Media

1. What is the God-slot?
2. Give two reasons why Channel 4 may have decided to put a religious programme on at peak viewing time.
3. What is the target audience of "The Heaven and Earth Show"?
4. Why might people in that target audience enjoy it?
5. Why might other viewers not enjoy it?
6. Explain with examples how terrestrial TV channels present programmes for a variety of religious interests.
7. "Television soaps offer a good way of dealing with religious and moral issues." Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing you have considered another point of view.
8. Explain how one religious or moral issue has been dealt with in a TV soap opera.
9. "The media are always unfair in their treatment of religion." Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing you have considered another point of view.
10. Describe how a religious theme has been dealt with in ONE film or TV drama.
11. Explain why this theme is important, and whether the presentation was fair to religious people.
12. "Religious programmes on TV are boring." Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing you have considered another point of view.
13. Outline the variety and range of specifically religious programmes on television.
14. Choose a religious theme from a film and explain how this theme is dealt with.
15. "The media never treat religion fairly." Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing you have considered another point of view.