During this past Monday's lecture, Professor Straubhaar discussed the social learning theory. This theory focuses on how tv impacts people. The social learning theory is how people learn behaviors based on what they see through the television.
I think the social learning theory has defiantly impacted our youth tremendously, especially when I see that my little cousins are no longer allowed to watch certain shows like ‘Tom & Jerry’ because they end up chasing each other around their house.
This concept is easily seen through children. An example of children imitating what they see on tv can be seen in the film 'Mean Girls' starring Lindsay Lohan. There is a scene in which one of the main characters, Regina (Rachel McAdams), is talking to her mother (Amy Poehler) and you see her much younger sister watching an MTV show and imitating the dancing. That shows how tv has captured the attention of a person and changed their behavior.
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