“Mind over Mass Media” is an essay written by Steven Pinker, a psychologist and linguist who teaches at Harvard University and writes books for a general audience. Use the space below to answer the questions in the guidelines for active reading as you read the article. Identify Pinker’s thesis. Then put Pinker’s thesis to the “So what?” test.

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