M any Christian parents are over-involved in church activities, social pursuits, workaholism, and they let their kids go. So during those teenage years I'm just going to let them function on their own. It is driven by marketing formulas, and one of the central characteristics of this cultural environment is violence. Violence is the solution to almost any kind of conflict. What mass communication does in a society is to create the equivalent of parents, teachers, pastors, all mentors, if you will, in the media.
Adolescents now spend far less time with their parents and pastors than with television.
I n all cultures, all times and places, people learn to live their lives, not just by what other people say to them, but even more importantly, by what other people do. What mass communication does in a society is to create the equivalent of parents, teachers, pastors, all mentors, if you will, in the media. Adolescents now spend far less time with their parents and pastors than with television. That's not true. I need them involved and active in my life.