Does television affect a teenager's way of thinking?

Bryant Pillitteri: I need answers. Please and thank you!

Tomi Vauters: Does television affect a teenager's way of thinking? Are they being influenced that much? Are they being violent because of what they see on television? If so, how does it change them?I need answers. Please and thank you!

Jammie Taddei: Television is the direct impluse to affect one's way of thinking called influential.I started a fad back in 1968 in Hawaii. I was called the "The Ring Kid". One day I found some telephone wire and decided to make rings with it by twisting them up round and round and the various colors of telephone wire made the ring look pretty darn good for just costume jewlry.I started to sale them for .25 each. Once the rings hit the School wave it spread like wild fire and I was selling more and more of them until I ran out of telephone wire., This is where the problem began in Hawaii. People started to rip out telephone wire from phone lines and homes just to make ri! ngs and the thefts boomed where it became a national television news event. I was at home scared to death because I started the whole dam thing by making rings and selling them to people. I just wanted to make some money.The Moral of my story is that once the people seen the rings and loved it they identified with these rings because someone else had something you don't have. Once it became a fad it took off like a bullet. Honolulu, Police Department in Ohau issued a State Order to arrest anyone caught with telephone wire in their posession; if you are not a Telecommunications person or worked for Hawaiian Bell your butt was cooked and you were prosecuted.This is a true story and I wanted to share it with you so that you can understand that your question is true. Television or direct eye contact of the matter can influence your way of thinking ,yes....Show more

Matt Tiry: I think so, but I think parents have a much bigger affect. We need to stop blaming the media ! and look at ourselves as parents.