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/^t/The first group are people who are very much influenced by mass media communication and information and cannot live without them. They tend to lose interest in seeing the world outside on their own, being satisfied with the vision of world presented in television, radio or in the newspapers. They become dependent on the coverage of the world done by mass media. Some of them are also influenced by the stereotypes of personality and ways of living shown in mass media, especially in advertisements that are now present everywhere. They feel urged to follow them, because they also want to be rich, beautiful and always young. In this way mass media can blur the reality and make people believe in what they see.