My little cousin watches television all the time. He used to the think that the people in shows or the cartoons were actually real. He believed that there were actual people behind that screen. Whenever there was an action movie and an explosion occurred my little cousin would duck or hide. Since there was normal people talking and acting he confused it with his reality. My aunt eventually told him that it wasn't real, that it was a video of people being recorded for our entertainment. Television can also have a big influence on people. It can make people act a certain way towards a particular situation based on what they have watched on tv. Whenever a popular show comes out, people end up following whatever the show is about. For example, Jersey shore the show has had a big influence on the people I am friends with. They always say the same catch-phrases and some have even started dressing like them. Not to long ago a kid was watching superman and decided that he himself can be superman also. So, he dove off his 9th floor balcony and died. The stuff shown on television can have a major influence on kids and can confuse their reality. They can believe anything is true.
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