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The media’s manipulative influence over your morals.

Nowadays media has been playing a major role in our society. It directly programs human minds to do certain things, to behave in certain ways and to live in the “image” created by the media. Media directly influences, what we wear, where do we eat, what do we eat, and how do we behave. In this video we learn what media does to people and how much of it do we consume.

According to the video above, American teenagers spend 31 hours a week watching TV, 17 hours a week listening to the music, 3 hours a week watching movies, 4 hours a week reading magazines, and 10 hours a week surfing the internet. That’s 10 hours and 45 minutes of media consumption a day. Definitely media plays a major role in our lifestyle. It directs us what to do, where to go, what to eat, and how to look. The media has been shaping our lives to the degree that humanity has forgotten about natural lifestyle. For example, to be closer to the nature, to look more natural, to love ourselves how we look, not comparing to these TV stars. As a matter of fact, TV commercials are the major business that advertises junk food every 20 minutes. It is another reason why majority of Americans are obese. Humans forgot about the moral values. Humans forgot about eating healthy food, and instead of spending 10 hours watching TV, to exercise or take care of their relatives, or read a book, or help the family.

I conclude, that media is a good source of information, but it should be limited to the human eyes. We should be closer to the nature, take care the nature and respect each other, learn values from reading books and do home work. I personally don’t have a TV, and I am glad I don’t have it, because every minute of our lives is precious, and we have to spend it wisely.