I think media does shape your view of the world, especially seminal shows whose lines stay with you for decades. I can watch episodes of MASH or Star Trek and

I think media does shape your view of the world, especially seminal shows whose lines stay with you for decades. I can watch episodes of MASH or Star Trek and recite entire exchanges of dialogue. That shows how immersed I was and how much I've integrated those high points (or low points) into my perspectives on life, even 30-50 years later. In the 1950s, literate people used to quote literature. Today we quote television. Does that make us illiterate?