Television and internet is a big influence

if you look at society today people are most influenced by what goes on in television. You see this a lot in youths. the parents can only do so much these days with the internet getting bigger everyday and the shows on television. i know me growing up i did not really listen or at least take in much of what people were saying until Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals came in and talked about going to school and how important it was to go to college and getting a degree. i always heard those sort of opinion from teachers, parents, or any adult of authority but when a famous person that i watch on tv every weekend it really meant something to me. you also see that on important commercial. you put a famous face in it to influence a person because an average joe would not make a difference. or when you have a tragic event like hurricane Katrina or 9/11 you see famous faces on television asking people or the audience for donations instead of a regular person because society would actually pay attention. i dont think its a bad thing for the audience to listen to famous people because a lot of the time they are promoting something positive. in some ways it could be a bad thing when you dont have a stable good role model at home and what ever that kid hears or sees on tv is what he/she is gonna do