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/^t/The influence of the media is enormous. However, according to the recent polls in Poland, the young people over fifteen are mostly influenced by their peer groups and family. It's the nearest environment that imposes most values and is responsible for our behaviour, attitude towards life and our way of thinking. The mass media aren't the only element of culture. Other aspects of culture such as methods of education or religious doctrines also contribute to our way of seeing the world. Some religious people find the mass media destructive and threatening to their own believes and values and they are highly selective in what they absorb from them. In other words, they don't allow the media to become dominant in their lives.