Americans today spend roughly 70 percent of their waking free time watching television. The way people spend their free time can shape their views of the world and attitudes towards others. Television shows and movies can only shape attitudes if they are viewed. It is people’s choice to choose if they want their or their children’s attitudes to change. The Birth of A Nation has been said to be one of the most racist films ever made. This film could have helped shaped attitudes when viewed by children in the south as a history lesson and by Ku Klux Klan members. People are so absorbed with fitting in and acting “normal” that they are very vulnerable to being influenced from what they watch.
Characters in movies and television shows children look up to because everything looks so glamorous and fun no matter what it is. Fashions are influenced by what people see on television and in movies. People’s attitudes towards one another maybe influenced by movies or televisions shows. Even the way people act can be influenced from watching television. When the show “Jackass” aired on television many kids began trying the stunts that they saw on the show. Children started trying these stunts because they were influence
Adults and teenagers when watching shows and movies need to be able to differentiate between reality and what the see on television. Violence and killing are popular topics when talking about television influence but television also influences the way people act and treat each other. Characters on television that are bad or unlikable are usually not as good looking as the good likable character in the show. When people interact with average looking people they may treat them worse or not pay as much attention to them as they do to good-looking people who stand out because we are taught by television that image is everything. Viewers of television may get caught up with certain shows or movies because they like the setting and the plot of it so much. People who become addicted to movies or shows need to realize that they are fiction and are not even close to real life. When viewers become this obsessed with television shows they begin to feel bad about their own lives because they want their life to be as perfect as the one they love so much on television. A person has truly been influenced by the television when they begin thinking poorly of their life or become depressed because their life isn’t as interesting as the one they love on the television.
By the time the teenagers of the twentieth century turn seventy they will have spent seven years of their lives watching television. Even though people are influenced by the te
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