Here, I draw my comparison to television and a sort of invisible democratic government, as ludicrous as it may sound. We control it. It controls us. There is a mutual action of manipulation. The creators, our representatives, give us in return for our interest what we want to happen or change.
Television opens doors and minds.
It breaks down barriers and exposes us to lifestyles and cultures that we may otherwise not care or even know about. How we do this is very simple. We merely view the creators' material and support them with high ratings and our specific interests, whether it is a certain social issue or the newest science fiction hit. Television has given humans the almost godlike power of creation, in that we create characters from our own image. Regardless of the quality of the show, we must accept that it will always reflect the audiences and creators - the gods.