... information and images about events and people outside our immediate environment. By promoting various aspects of social reality, media also influence individuals' judgments about how to deal with important social problems (Iyengar, 1991). Unfortunately, journalists and reporters, writers of fiction and non-fiction shows, creators of video games and writers of popular songs, are encouraged to produce creative work ... their own life choices, interpersonal and vocational behavior, and upon which they may base their aspirations and preparations appropriate to societal norms and expectation...

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