Describe one of the urban legends mentioned in the article. What lesson or warning is conveyed in this legend? Analyzing What characteristics do urban legends have in common? Why are these stories difficult to disprove?

Summarizing What effect has the Internet had on the spread of urban legends?

Evaluating Several people in the article criticize the news media. Why are they critical of the news media and what would they like to see done instead?

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.