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/^t/However, politics is not the only area where the way in which mass media affect our approach to reality could be observed. Practically, we can assume that mass communications shape the way we perceive every sphere of life and reality. Extensive coverage of bomb explosions, aeroplane crashes, earthquakes, floods, famines and other disasters makes people think they live in a highly dangerous world, but on the other hand it causes certain insensivity towards the victims. Since it is impossible to prevent the death of so many people, there is no use worrying about it. Television reports have accustomed people to horrific scenes of violence. The improportionately large amount of violence presented by mass media may render us thinking that our planet is a much more dangerous place to live in than it really is.