Many in the blogging community (and today CNN) wonder if there is a connection between watching the television show 24 and support for torture.
This is a novel way to determine if the media has an impact on a person's thought process. Even though some military officials raise questions about the efficacy of torture, and whether it is in fact a good way to get critical information from reluctant detainees, viewers of the drama seem to argue that it is. The ticking bomb scenario gets played out repeatedly and is used to justify ohysical and mental torture, but there are questions about the number of time a detainee is subject to questions involving that scenario.
The more one watches the show, the more one sees the world through the lens of its characters.
Are viewers substituting reality for fiction?
Why is this show on the air anyway?
