The Instant Influencer: The Rise of Media's Superpeer, Superspreader Status

The wisest man in history, King Solomon, once said that humans
become like the company we keep.  Put another way, "We are
the sum total of the five people we spend most of our time
with."  Now, parents are defensively aware of any stranger
who might try to befriend their son or daughter, but what if the
company kids keep is virtual, online, invisible to the eye? Does
it still have power? Most definitely. In fact, media's ubiquitous
presence is altering our behaviors, changing our families, and
radically transforming our culture. As former MIT dean Lester
Thurow said, "Values are not, and will not be, inculcated by the
family, the church, or other social institutions in either the
present or the future. They are and will be, inculcated by the
visual and electronic media."  What can we do to combat this
full-scale inculcation? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as we learn how and
when to pull the plug, to press the off button, and to find ways
to turn down the volume on mainstream media's instant influencer
status.