How Media Changes us

I love T.V. I can sit up all night watching it, I love reading newspapers, I love the Internet. But honestly i can be the first one to tell you that it has affected me negatively just as much as it has positively. Are we willing to admit what I just said? Or is it a little taboo in our lives, we know it changes us negatively but no one will ever say. Personally, I am a man of god so I like to say I have faith but I will support the famous quote: "the mind believes what the eyes see".
I think we self-consciously tailor fit our personalities and attributes around what we like to watch on TV or read about or listen to. Am I wrong? Okay, I will be more than delighted to put my theory to the test, follow along. Remember that this just is not about you, this is the general public. If you are as big as an Obama fan as me how much time will you spend watching, reading, or listening to people criticizing Obama (Fox News) rather than watching, reading, or listening to people that support him? If you are a fan of rap and r&b will you spend do you think you spend time listening to it equally to rock and roll, probably not. This can go on forever because it applies to so many different aspects of our life, media can shape the way a person talks, interacts with others, and thinks. We have to "give media its props" and realize that it does affect us even if your not willing to admit it.
I can testify to how media changes us as the general public, it changed the way I look at politics in many ways. If it wasn't for the Media in some kind of way truthfully I would have never found out about Barack Obama. And thanks to the media, I now support him in every way possible; thanks to the media I have the opportunity to weigh my personal judgement about each candidate, I can only hope that I did this in a non-bias way. My main point is that the Media can affect almost us in nearly every way, their has been studies shown that when those who listen to one type of music or look a one type of TV that these people are less violent and aggressive. Before Barack Obama I really did not care to much about politics, I thought they were unfair and shady, now its a complete turn around, I believe politics are what ever you make it out to be. And guess what change my perception of politics? The media. When Barack began his chase of the oval office not that many knew who he was and what he stands for. The more Barack would win the more the media covered him. I am not saying all of his coverage is always positive because the more he started to win the more the media scrutinized him also.
Concluding this I want to say to those who read this to be careful about what we let those who a younger watch, be aware that it may just hurt them in the long run and its not just a song, show or movie. They say that every generation gets more and more rebellious from what they use to be and I put some of the blame on those who are older than the judged generations. When you let kids watch rated R movies you are not being nice to them or helping them out your are essentially hurting them and striping their innocence.