Our life has gone through great changes since television and movies came into
being, which provides a totally new and different way of using our spare time
to the traditional way. As a matter of fact, with the wide spread of this mass
media such as movies and television all over the world, people's behavior and
thoughts have been changed a lot since it has become an inalienable part of our
daily life. Movies and television influence people's behavior by altering their
views of value, beauty, and the world.
People become more confident and seldom give up after watching the movie
Forest Gump, they stop smoking and begin to do exercises after watching the
TV program about smoking ruins one's health, and girls try hard to lose weight
after actresses in movies and television tend to be thinner and thinner. All these
changes, indeed, has much to do with mass media. It is obvious that, teenagers
talk a lot when gathered together about sports games or newest Hollywood
movies, whereas adults discuss the world's political situation or social problems
when having time in their offices. The topics that they focus on, in most cases,
are acquired either from television programs or from movies, and so forth.
Movies and television influence people's behavior by satisfying their
imagination. Heroes and heroines achieve great success of their business, attain
sweet love of their life, and gain high respect of their fame so easily within a
two-hour long movie. When watching it, audiences can experience the same
evens, share the same feelings, and this whole process would fulfill their
fantasies, as a result, cause them to find balance in their lives, or, to some
degree, lose the balance, which depends on not only the movies but also the
audiences themselves. All in all, mass media, including movies and television,
has a significant correlation with people's behaviors. To put it differently, tasks
are arduous for mass media to bring people laughter, joy and relaxation, and at
the same time some pedagogic meanings.
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