1. Yes, the interview does address the threat that “culture jammers might be disrupting a sports bar near you.” in question five. Lasn talks about turning off TVs in sports bars with his answer to the questions “What do you think of someone going into a sports bar – where people have gone to watch a game – and turning the TV off there?”. The interviewer also takes the reader in the directions of asking when is turning off a TV justified, when is it appropriate to turn off a TV, why was TV-B-Gone combined with TV Turnoff Week and if Lasn thought he was sacrificing any aspect of TV Turnoff Week.
2. Julia Scott clearly has a bias against the TV-B-Gone remote. Scott’s bias to the TV-B-Gone is apparent through her frequent questioning on how it will affect people, if they will know when to draw the line and if it is appropriate to use in certain cases. In the introduction she shows her skepticism she asked if its right to turn off nature shows and if TV is always a bad thing.
3. The tone of the is placid and relaxed. The interviewer doesn’t ask the questions in a pushy way so the interviewee doesn’t seem tense or uncomfortable. The interview appears to flow easily. The tone makes the interview seem more credible because she appears to be comfortable and that she has done it a million times. The interviewee seems to really know what he is talking about and had experience in most situations that he was being questions on.
4. The interview addresses the political aspect by talking about the difference in how people interact with one another with the TV on and off. They talk about the public mental health through the talk of mental disease and how we are constantly plagued with televisions no matter where we go.
