Media & Culture
In the Workshop, media and culture shape how teams perceive each other,
and may have a profound effect on the outcome of the game. Some possible
questions to begin a discussion about culture and media are:
• Did the WSN reporter say things that influenced the way the world perceived certain teams?
• Did you feel that the media portrayed teams and events fairly?
• How effectively did your team use the news report to tell the world about your team?
• Did the news reports impact decisions teams made in following rounds about trading and negotiation?
• What is cultural expression? How did each team's cultural expression represent that group?
• What was the most memorable culture display?
• Did any cultural expression change the way people viewed a particular team?
• How much of the "culture" that was produced in the world seemed like advertising? How much seemed like art? What was the difference between the two?
• Did participants seem to prefer certain kinds of cultural expression over others?
• What were the main messages that artists tried to communicate? Were they effective? Why or why not?
