Saturday, October 3, 2009

what family does to our media choices and vice versa

I was just thinking about my little brother and how living in a family mostly comprised of women has affected his media preferences. He definitely loves the "manly" video games and movies, but he has been exposed to many "romantic", musical and typically more feminine films. He told my mom the other day that his favorite movies are "transformers" and "anne of green gables". My mom thought that was so precious lol. That is one example of how our family upbringing can effect our media preferences, but more importantly, I think that our media choices can dramatically effect our families for better or for worse! Having divorced parents and thus living in two different homes where the media standards were different made this quite evident to me. In my father's home more worldly and violent media was acceptable and there were far more fights (both physical and verbal) between siblings there than at my mother's house where the media rules were more strict and less worldly. I believe that this small difference in media choice made a big difference in the overall level of conflict and spirituality with in each home.

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  1. That's a really interesting thought. I definitely agree that media use affects family life, and vice versa!

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