Does the media impact your thoughts about phobias?

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This is a very interesting yet potentially controversial subject, does the mass media impact the way in which we think and potentially the development of phobias?

For example, a phobia of forests, known as Hylophobia, might well be encouraged by horror movies which often have dark forest scenes were inexplicable things happen. Fair or unfair?

 

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I think this is a perfectly legitimate argument, the media do play a massive role in our everyday lives!

If you think about it, everything from politics to sport, charity to terrorism, all of the major media channels dictate the way in which it is presented to you and what you actually see.