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How do movies and television influence people's behavior? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

Obviously, movies and television influence people's behavior so much in every aspects of daily life. People sit in front of screen, watch what movies and television let them watch, think what movies and television make them think and people like to model themselves on movies stars or TV stars consciously or unconsciously.

Movies and TV change the way in which people obtain information and knowledge. Books, newspaper, and personal experiences are not the only ways to get information and knowledge. Movies, especially documental movies, and TV provide so much information instantly, plentifully and conveniently to people who can sit in front of screen and does not need to go out of home. People can know what is happening in the place hundreds and thousands miles away from his/her home without appearing in person.

Movies and TV also change the way in which people think and judge. People watch what movies and TV let them watch, think what movies and TV make people think, judge from the information which movies and TV provide them. By prearranging public issue, movies and TV make decisions for people and influence people’s value and world outlook, impact people’s judgment. Whether is it true or false; whether is it good or bad; whether is it important or less important… people make judgment from the information provided by movies and TV even such mass media distorts and twists the information. People follows judgments which made by so call commentators but is lack of own critical thinking.

The typical influent which movies and TV make is people’s day-to-day life especially teenagers’ daily lives. The western movies and TV programs teach young generations in eastern societies to live in western lifestyle which may be not in accord with eastern traditions: They grow long hairs regardless of gender, usually part of which is dyed in gold; they like to eat fast food such as McDonald or KFC and ignore the healthy and delicious Chinese food; they sing hip-hop and R&B but know nothing about Beijing Opera. People can see such impacts full of everyday lives.  

With the relevant technologies more and more sophisticated, the impacts which movies and TV on people’s behavior are no doubts becoming even greater and so fascinating that nobody is able to escape from.