Has your life been affected or disrupted by consumption of cultural commodities, including advertising? Can you think of any examples of misconceptions about yourself or the world that you got from media content? Could you have avoided making these mistakes? To what extent should media practitioners be held responsible for them? Do you know any heavy users of television? If so, is Gerbner right? Do these people have views of the social world that are biased toward the way that medium portrays it? Are they more fearful of being victims of crime and more supportive of police power?