How do movies and televison influence our behavior?

Movies and television have a great influence on people’s behavior and life at all. There is a question “Why?” To my mind it is not a case only of this age, people have always had tendency to have their idols and there have been always something that had enormous influence on masses. Nowadays it is television and the internet.

However we would find many other influential things, I think that entertainment at all has a great effect on people and their behavior and style of life. As I said, people have been always supposed to follow someone or something; for someone it is only an example and for others it is even an obsession and adulation. Nowadays, we follow mainly sportsmen, actors, singers, etc. In the past people usually followed politicians, kings, writers, etc.

But let’s talk about television and movies. They play a big role in our lives, especially in lives of young people, who almost can’t pretend their lives without TV, movies, the internet and other technologies, because they are inevitable part of their everyday life since their childhood.

There are many examples, when a teenager was inspired by a movie or series. Maybe if he had never seen the film, he would have never chosen the life as he had. I don’t say it’s bad. Why should it be? Basically it’s not about the way how we get to our resolution – what is important is that if we were right and if this decision is the best.

To my mind, in the 21^st century it’s impossible to circumvent the influence of media. Even toddlers are in contact with TV, computer and other modern technologies, every day. We could say that during this era it’s like have a home, car and work – it’s something inevitable.

One of the reasons why some people are persuaded that media and all modern technologies are more bad than helpful is maybe the fact that it is something new for them, as usually older people have these opinions. Anyway, this modern stuff is here and will be if we like or not. We should accept it and use them as good as we can. Of course media, television and movies influence us, but it is up to us how much we let them. Especially for young people it is part of their lives and they hardly can imagine living without it; and I think they are aware of everything what it brings.