Prosocial behavior in media

I feel like media gets a bad rap.  Mostly because it should, but not all the time.  I had the unique opportunity to study prosocial behavior, defined as voluntary behavior that benefits another,  in sitcoms with my group this past semester.  I feel like there has been a lot of bad outcomes that I have been exposed to through taking this class with Dr. Coyne.  I'm grateful for that because I'm more primed than I was before to be a responsible consumer of media.  However, studying the good that is in media this past semester has afforded me the opportunity to see the positivity that is found in media.  After all, any bad effects in our lives as a result of media are our responsibility.  We control what we are exposed to and what will affect us.  More than anything else this semester, I have learned that media absolutely affects me (and that anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves).  We are absolutely affected by the things we watch, the advertisements we see, and the music we listen to.  There is good stuff out there.  We just need to seek it out.