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| DO MOVIES (FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, ETC.) HAVE A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE EFFECT ON SOCIETY? WHY? |
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| INTERVIEWS |
| "I feel that movies have had a positive influence on people or society. Movies broaden people's perspective and provide a source from what they can take away both knowledge and entertainment. While some movies may prove otherwise, for the most part, movies are not detrimental to how people think or act." - Chris Jao, Freshman at Drexel University |
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| "In my opinion, movies have a bad influence on society, mainly because they create an image that sticks in your mind, which could be a completely untrue image. The also often build false hopes for people only to have them let down. Most of all, they just create stereotypes upon society which then leads to hatred." - Katee Callahan |
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| "I believe that movies mostly have a negative influence on society. They give the general public false information about who and what they should be or do. Basically, movies are just propaganda that are used to change the public opinion. Of course there are many films that have positive influences, but the negative far outweighs the positive, in my opinion." - Andy Ong, Freshman at Drexel University |
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| "I think that movies have a negative effect on society. They create a standard, which society abides by even if the general populace is in disagreement with that standard. Movies force their influence upon society through marketing, franchising, and making their ideals be spread across the mainstream audience, burning it into people's minds until they surrender their own values for those that the movie creates. Essentially, movies create a shallow and baseless society." - Lara Burrows |
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| "I believe that movies have had a positive impact on society. Movies give people that chance to escape the ordinary, even if only for two hours. The give people a chance to confront their fears, view life from different perspectives, and ever learn something. There will always be the occasional movie that inspires violence, but it's not like you have to go out and see it." - Patrick Reilly, Fresheman at Rutgers University |
| "In general, I believe that movies have a positive influence. For one, they are good for economy; good movie + lots of interest = $. Depending on the movie, it can also provide artistic inspiration for other potention filmmakers. The only negative influence occurs when the wrong audience goes to see a film, IE a young child going to see a slasher flick. However, this type of this is not a society responsibility. It is a personal family responsibility." - Edward Ansbro |
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| "Movies have a negative influence on society, for the reason that there is so much violence, drug abuse, and unnecessary drama already in the world. Movies just bring even more hate. Movies have a big impact on people in society. If you see your favorite actor/actress smoking cigarettes, it's going to make you want to be like them. Movies even bring up tons of racial problems in society by creating stereotypes and making us side with whoever we like better." - Meghan Cox, Freshman at Gloucester County College |
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