Is apathy a problem in todays society?
“An entertainment-driven culture runs the risk of encouraging passivity among its citizens. If they can experience something vicariously through a movie, television show, or video game, why should they get involved with the activity itself? It’s safer, after all, to watch someone scale a mountain than to do it yourself. The effect of this passivity, of course, is an apathetic frame of mind. We cease to care deeply about so many things because they are experienced, at best, second-hand.” Entertainment Doesn’t Alienate Us: It Engages Us 10/31/09: Some people may argue that our heavily entertained culture is causing us to be apathetic. I choose to take a different point of view. Movies, television shows, and video games might be blamed for apathy, but at the same time, I have heard others criticize them for influencing people to action, sometimes of a negative kind. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has denigrating youth behavior on violent video games. Movies like Brokeback Mountain are
