my *moment of zen*

Last session it was said that our behaviour is heavily influenced by the media especially by television. I instantly remembered that I once read an book about mass media in which the author claimed that nowadays only 20 % of our personal knowlegde derives from our own experience - the majority is imparted to us by the media. That is quite shocking, isn´t it? So I asked myself
Why are we so easily influenced by all the mass media?

And I found an answer.

Although the author isn´t exclusively focusing on the mass media, I think he provides an explanation that makes sense - at least in my opinion. Day after day the media is bombarding us with stereotypes. For example according to the media only well-shaped blond women are the ones admired by men. So we indirectly receive the message that we have to be conform with these stereotypes or otherwise risk to become outcasts. And so we adopt to what the mass media is telling us. In the end we are reduced to puppets of the mass media which really scares me.

So my suggestion is that we should learn to appreciate our individuality!