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For me the most important question to ask myself is "how much of my identity has been shaped by media?"
In other words, how much of who and what I think I am has been assimilated from television, movies, popular music, other forms of entertainment and infotainment, and advertising. How much of the texts of these things fills my mind and motivates my thoughts, words, and behavior? How much of what I see when I look in the mirror is a reflection of the images, suggestions, hints, clues, and cues projected by media regarding what is cool, hip, badass, masculine, sexual, attractive, smart, acceptable, etc.?
I'm of the opinion that if I do this scrupulously, I find that I am more a collection of mediated suggestions, impressions, concepts, and images than an actual integral and integrated personality.
The only reasons I have found that prevent me from arriving at these conclusions are based on vanity, denial, wishful thinking, and a deluded sense of integrity.
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