In television, we are bombarded with so many ideas and commands as to how we should live our lives, what we should value and basically how we should live our lives. Some of these ideas seem reasonable, and others seem too outrageous to be able to live up to.
There is a show that I watch on the CW called "The Game." It stars Tia Mowry and other well known co-stars. I really enjoy watching the show, but like almost any television programs there is a lot of propoganda in this show. First of all the main character, Melany(Tia Mowry,) is an aspiring doctor, and her boyfriend is an NFL rookie trying to acheive stardom with his skills. All of thier friends are rich and well known. Automatically the show tells you that you should value success and acheivement because without a good job and money you can't get anywhere and wont be happy. Also the fact that you need material things to be happy. Melany's boyfriend Dirwin (the rookie NFL player,) becomes friends with Malik an experienced and more affluent NFL player. He constantly throws in Dirwin's face how Dirwin doesn't have a big house, nice car, and huge flat screen TV. The need for material things to be happy causes Dirwin to be in a situation where he feels that he should conform to what the other football players have and are doing. Youthfulness is another aspect of propoganda that is often seen on television. Almost every character on the show is young and the couple of people that are on the show who are only in their thrity's are given grief about "how old they are." This shows us that being young and preserving that youth and bueaty is really treasured in our society.