When it comes to mass media there is no personal contact between us and the people who send the information. Of all the mass media, television has the greatest influence on socialization because almost everyone has one or more televisions at home. There is a lot of violence in our media today which can have a negative effect on people. For example, children see violence on television and may think it is ok, they may show aggressive behavior towards others because they learned it from television. The agents of socialization therefore have a very profound effect on our personal and conceptual development. They help us interact and communicate with society and also understand our social roles. However, the impact that these agents have on our lives, and consequently on society, also largely depends on the parameters of time and space. For example, these agents, despite performing similar functions throughout the world, can have a contradictory impact on the mentality of the population of a country at war, compared to that at peace (Baxamusa, B. (2012, November 22). Agents of