We laugh at that now. But it turns out it does. In the 60s and 70s there was a lot of research into the effects of television. Likely you've heard of theorist

We laugh at that now. But it turns out it does. In the 60s and 70s there was a lot of research into the effects of television. Likely you've heard of theorist Marshall McLuhan. To this day [1] experimental psychologists are fascinated with the problem that while film/TV is an effective medium for news and education, it basically hypnotises people into a suggestible state. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-39354-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-39354-4