Steps

1. 

   To set up the hacktivity, get all participants standing in a circle.

2. Holding onto one end of the string or yarn, toss the ball to someone in the group and ask them a question concerning media history. Some sample questions might be:

   • How did the printing press change society?
   • How did the development of audio recordings influence musical styles?
   • What were the first movies like?
   • Why did people create cave paintings thousands of years ago?
   • What are the two signal types used in Morse Code?
   • Who was Johann Gutenberg?
   • What is "yellow journalism"?
   • How is the World Wide Web different from the other mass mediums?
   • What is biasm?
   • What was early television like?

3. 

   Whomever catches the ball gives their answer to the question and then ask a new question. Then, the learner asks a new question and tosses the ball to someone new.

4. Continue the discussion until everyone has answered at least one question.