Question

The opening paragraph primarily serves to

• A. criticize the way television distorts the truth
• B. examine the evolution of television as a medium
• C. place contemporary criticism of television in a historical context
• D. directly compare television and drama as art forms
• E. explain why television, radio, and drama appeal to the masses

Answer 1

The correct option is C place contemporary criticism of television in a historical context

Television has been receiving criticism since its invention and it was the same with radio and film before television. By bringing in Plato and his critique of Homer, of how ancient philosophers claimed that poetry and drama should be excluded from any ideal city- this critique being much similar to the one that television was/ is receiving, the author places the criticism that T.V receives in a historical context. Thus C best befits the given context.