Humans spend their lives surrounded by media, propaganda, and other influences. Americans are no longer free. The average American child spends approximately 35 hours per week within the confines of a public school; that same child spends at least 40 hours per week, if not more, in front of a television or home computer. (Rideout, Ulla and Roberts) This child who sleeps on average, 10 to 12 hours between 3 and 12 years old and 8 to 9 hours between 12 and 18 years old ("Sleep") spends the majority of his waking day in the limitations of a public school system. and more of their day is directly influenced by social media and propaganda via media such as television, radio and personal computers/Internet. These factors, social media/propaganda. Public schooling contains socialism and is a direct reflection of the one who controls, regulates and creates it. These factors have undoubtedly changed Americans, and people around the world, in their lifestyle, psychological health and well-being, and social interactions through the influence of these factors. The individual must therefore learn to think freely and be able to recognize these influences. .Hitler used propaganda and indoctrination techniques in Nazi Germany; he started early with his subjects, making children believe that Nazism was not only good, but encouraged in works such as Der Giftpilz (The Poisonous Mushroom) "Just as a single poisonous mushroom can kill an entire family, likewise a solitary Jew can destroy an entire village, an entire city, even an entire people” (Hiemer) speaking about how evil the Jewish people are. "Propaganda tries to impose a doctrine on the entire people [...] Propaganda acts on the general public from the point of view of an idea and prepares them for victory middle of paper.... ..utobiography , political theory. Hornberger, Jacob. Foundations For Future Fredoms (fff.org) June 5, 2012. Jet Findarticals.com May 5, 1997. article in Parenting Magazine June 5, 2012. “Programming and Deprogramming the Moonies: Psychology. applied social." Taking sides: conflicting visions in social psychology nd: 258-259. Essay, Laurence, February 9, 2012. Rideout, Victoria J., Ulla G. Foehr and Donald F. Generation M2. : Media in the lives of 8-18 year olds Henry J. Kaiser Foundation Thesis, 2010. Np: np, nd Web. Dr. Patti M. Valkenburg, Jochen Peter and Alexander P. Schouten CyberPsychology and Behavior, October 2006, 9(5) : 584-590. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.584. “The Sleep of American Children.” Sleep for Children. April 27. 2014.