“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. Annotate Pinker’s article using the questions in section A-1b. Then put Pinker’s thesis to the “So what?” test (see section A1-a). Follow the guidelines for analyzing a text in section A1-d and the writing guide in section A1-e to help you develop your own analysis of Pinker’s essay. Your notes here will be a first step in looking at Pinker’s article analytically.

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