Psychology of Media & Technology

TV is an escape that provides us with the emotional evidence that the good guys will win.  But in the real world, they won't win unless we all help.  With the recent escalation of public displays of hatred, intolerance and bigotry, it's time we quit looking to TV and film to achieve resolution and take a moral stand.  We can all learn from Gandhi. Strength and resistance without violence. Positive emotions, believe it or not, spread faster and are stickier than negative.  It's time to stream the real world and participate; to voice our discontent with leadership that promotes divisiveness and allows hatred to flourish.  We can resist by modeling the behavior we want to see.  Bystanders don't defeat bullies.  Upstanders do.  Let's #changethechannel.