The iconic War Room design from the movie 'Dr. Strangelove' has influenced the way we perceive where important decisions should be made, with replicas built by Airbnb and FIFA. Movies have the power to shape our perception of the world, as the average American spends almost 20% of their waking hours watching movies and TV each day.
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