What we view in the media - and who presents it to us - does so much to determine how we think, how we feel about ourselves, and how we view the world.
Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms.
If beautiful movies can influence you to go out and hug your children, then we have to be honest and say that other movies can inspire you to do bad things.
Lots of boys pick strong messages about who they are and who they want to be from the media.
Just look at the messages today's media are sending everybody, from TV and commercials to actors and singers. Kids are just drowning in that 24-7 and it's getting really bad.
We develop social systems for the handicapped, but when you're handicapped in your mind, society doesn't handle those situations well. I think we don't recognize or acknowledge the power of messages and how deeply affected we all are by the messages we receive from the media.
All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?
We all know we're conditioned from music and television, so for us, we take great privilege in being role models, and having an impressionable audience its important for us to make sure what we're doing is in line with them.
