“I’m just not affected by it.”

This statement captures the common attitude toward entertainment today. More often than not, we think that what we consume on our screens is harmless and detached from our values or behavior.

But is it?

“We become what we behold,” the saying – often attributed to Marshall McLuhan, a philosopher and expert in the power of media – goes. This idea suggests that entertainment is not just for enjoyment. Instead, it shows that the movies, television shows, and music we consume all has creative power in our lives.

Neil Postman suggests something similar about the power of media in his groundbreaking book, “ Amusing Ourselves to Death .” He writes:

We are by now well into a second generation of children for whom television has been their first and most accessi

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