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/^t/Besides, as an integral part of today's reality, mass media are, in fact, the most powerful and the most frequently used channel of exchanging information and showing us what the world is like. It is via television that we learn what films the Japanese make, what were the results of an earthquake in Iran, or what Mr. Clinton said about the US Army last week. It is via the Internet, the latest invention that, in my opinion, can also be called 'mass media', that we gather information on any topic we want to. It is via radio that we listen to music and, often, let it influence our mood. And, finally, it is in magazines that we see what the top models of the world wear nowadays. So, we listen, observe, read, and react - we formulate opinions ('Well, the US Army is really powerful.'), make decisions ('They write interesting things about 'Heavens Gate'. Why not try to join it?'), change attitudes ('This music makes me cry and feel desperate.'), and imitate ('I must have a blouse like the one that Cindy wears!'). Our behaviour (judgements, decisions, moods and individual actions - in other words, our approach towards the world and reality) is full of 'impurities' coming from the power of mass media.