Non-fiction Entertainment Influencing Your View Of the World?

[Norgy]

Depends on whether you'd call non-fiction books entertainment or not.

And like Brainiac, documentaries on nature certainly have influenced me.
History Channel has influenced me to believe that the people who watch the HC are mentally disabled.

[katmai]

Depends on whether you'd call non-fiction books entertainment or not.

And like Brainiac, documentaries on nature certainly have influenced me.
History Channel has influenced me to believe that the people who watch the HC are mentally disabled.

What about people who make the programs for HC, asking for a....friend.

[Norgy]

If this... friend was involved in "Hunting Hitler", he should be simultaneously condemned and celebrated. Making money off offering service to people catering to the droolers' desires is a noble cause.

[katmai]

Whew, just Bigfoot, Aliens and angry Ice gnomes.

[Eddie Teach]

Did you ever catch any?

[katmai]

Have to watch shows and find out...

[Admiral Yi]

Whew, just Bigfoot, Aliens and angry Ice gnomes.

I thought you only worked behind the camera.

[katmai]

What a funny guy.

[Admiral Yi]

Angry ice gnome is angry.

[11B4V]

How far has non-fiction entertainment, be that novel, film or other media, influenced your view of the world or how you interact with it and other people?

What

[Jacob]

How far has non-fiction entertainment, be that novel, film or other media, influenced your view of the world or how you interact with it and other people?

What

Has your point of view been altered by watching or listening to the likes of Glen Beck, Ann Coulter, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage and others who deal in real-world events and politics but declare that they are entertainers rather than journalists?

[Eddie Teach]

Ah, so that's what he means by "non-fiction" novels.

[Admiral Yi]

I figured he was mostly talking about documentaries.

[Razgovory]

Despite the fact that many people *think* they are not influenced by the entertainment media, in reality they are.

They just don't often get it.

One example is the "misfits can be good" concept.

Many times, in movies, novels and other places, we meet the concept of the bunch of misfits/eccentrics that band together and often form *awesome* teams under a good leader. It's even a trope: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RagtagBunchOfMisfits

This gets used so often that many actually start to think that a very diverse group of odd people is actually *desireable*.

The reality, of course, is quite different: misfits are so for a reason, and they often can't do the job or just go solo. Homogenous teams of competent people are preferable 100% of the time.

But I've seen time and time again companies setting up/hiring these types, with disastrous results (I also fell for this in earlier years). And this is very much due to the subconscious idea we got from entertainment media.

I know this will not be popular with PC types, but I will point out that another is the "genial black", where quite often a black character is an amazing scientist/researcher and can achieve great things. Now, just try hiring one of these science/research graduates in the real world and you will find out that things are not like that (yes, I fell for that one too. Twice.).

Do think well and deeply on how your actions and attitudes towards others are actually influenced by the notions that are trumpeted time and time again on movies/series/books.

Well that got weird.

[Eddie Teach]

That's kind of like saying a Lettow post talking about tea parties with princesses "got weird".