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"The stories that animate our cultural environment have three distinct but related functions: to reveal how things work, to describe what things are, and to tell us what to do about them." - Gerbner, 99 via Jedediah Walls, Media Psychologist http://www.facebook.com/pages/p/375155975925633

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"Entertainment–education typically provides characters who can serve as positive, negative, or transitional models. Positive models engage in the desired behavior (e.g., family planning, literacy training, use of a designated driver while drinking) and gain benefits as a result; negative characters fail to take the recommended actions and experience bad outcomes. Transitional characters may be resistant to the recommendations at first, but then are converted and triumph through choosing the right path. When individuals identify with these characters, they are motivated to make changes in their own attitudes and behaviors" (Singhal et al., 2003). via Jedediah Walls, Media Psychologist http://www.facebook.com/pages/p/375155975925633

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Interesting.

via Jedediah Walls, Media Psychologist http://superchief.tv/leaked-north-korean-documentary-exposes-western-propaganda-and-its-scary-how-true-it-is/

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"But, like most popular and complex games, WOW also allows for ‘‘end game,’’ meaning players can continue to play even when they have reached the final goal. Eventually, when enough players have reached the highest goal, a new goal will be set to continue excitement and involvement. Similarly, the end goal of Facebook is to become a hero. This may seem strange, but it can be argued that the heroes of our time are celebrities, and social media users are aspiring toward celebrity status. Much like a first person shooter video game, users become first person paparazzi and are on a mission to make celebrities/heroes of themselves." -Angela M. Cirucci via Jedediah Walls, Media Psychologist http://www.facebook.com/pages/p/375155975925633

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via Jedediah Walls, Media Psychologist http://ow.ly/n3zFD