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Are you suggesting that people don't know the context of their television shows? Perhaps they do know -it's more like you'd rather have them view it in another context. There ARE multiple contexts.
As far as my Heracles example I was hoping that you'd bring up the disgusting "Clean" version of the myths presented by Edith Hamilton or even Disney. These two present Heracles with all the anti-social parts disgustingly removed. Is that your vision for our media?
As far as the messages of Heracles codified into a sensible whole -please present a source for this one. The myths often contradicted one another and there are various versions of each myth -depending on the age and the realm of Greece. BTW -people did believe (as in "Truth") the myths of Heracles... moreso than people "believe" that the people on television are really their friends.
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