Exploring the shift from Hollywood's theatrical portrayal of bank robberies to the more subdued and subtle real-life scenarios, highlighting the influence on security measures and tactics. Discusses the intersection between military collaboration in film and its impact on recruitment and image enhancement for the military.
What we see on screen has this way of influencing our perception of the world, which makes sense because the average American spends 2 hours and 51 minutes watching movies and TV each day. That’s a whopping 19 percent of our waking hours. Walt Hickey is a data journalist and author of a new book called You Are What You Watch. In it, Walt makes a case for how much film and television shapes us as individuals and as a society, far beyond what we give it credit for.
You Are What You Watch