Pundits are always blaming TV for making people stupid, movies for desensitizing the world to violence, and rock music for making kids take drugs and kill themselves. These things should be the least of our worries. The main problem with mass media is that it makes it impossible to fall in love with any acumen of normalcy. There is no 'normal,' because everybody is being twisted by the same sources simultaneously.
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2004) - ISBN: 9780743236010