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/^t/More and more we rely on what was shown on TV, said on the radio or written in a newspaper. Mass media largely shape our opinions and decisions. We buy products advertised by them regardless of the price and quality. These things are irrelevant. The eye-catching labels will do! We become passive and satisfied with second-hand experiences. It doesn't matter that our creative talents are limited, that we depend on pictures and words. Mass media demand and obtain our absolute attention and approval. Kids and teenagers, for example, watch a lot of TV. Consequently, they follow blindly their idols and heroes. They talk and act like them, they wear the same clothes and they have the same haircuts. I'd rather not consider violence and cruelty that some TV programmes offer to our children. That is horrifying! Then, however, we should not be shocked seeing a child with a toy-gun pointed in our direction.