I'd say that there is something to this. I've long believed that sitcoms also affect how people treat each other in relationships. My wife and I were both quite limited in what TV we were allowed to watch growing up, and had noticed a difference in how we treat each other vs what we saw among our college friends.
I also remember, back in Junior High, when all the "cool kids" had all these catch phrases. I wondered how they knew about them. Then I discovered they were repeating lines from television shows, and I thought that was pathetic. I've never been popular.
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