How Profoundly Does the Media Influence Society?

I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said here (and close to all your articles that I have a hard time keeping up with ;) ). The simple reason why people in corporate America--or let's say those who create things that influence people exponentially--is they're afraid they'll lose money if the word gets out they cause violent behavior in kids. Videogame makers, for instance, have been a major target for a while now. Instead of society placing blame on them shaping the minds of kids, we get the "it must be some complex psychological problem we don't understand (and needs more study)" type of explanations lately. I find it appalling corporate America can't take responsibility and come up with alternatives to solving an obvious problem. And I also hate it when musicians say "it's just music" when describing the influence of music being a trifle. The reality is, music is about the same equivalent to food for a lot of people.

You can't blame advertising when free-will is the way of the consumer. The biggest tragedy is that the consumer fiat debt is going into corporate America as opposed to small businesses owned by hard working individuals.

I agree! The media has too much to say!

The media is ridiculous. Do we really need to know all these intimate details?