1. Review the early Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie. Summarize Benjamin's ideas about new media, and explain how the early Mickey Mouse was considered as the hope for a new world. 2. Find advertisements for the traditional telephone device in the late nineteenth century. Compare and contrast the ads for the traditional phone and the iPhone. What are the differences and similarities in terms of hopes for these media? 3. Review either the film Olympia or The Triumph of the Will. Explain how Benjamin and Adorno consider the relations between new media and dystopia. Explain how they serve as an aestheticizing of political life. 4. Review the film The Matrix. Summarize the main arguments formulated by McLuhan, Postman, and Mosco. How would each thinker interpret The Matrix