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The media, namely television, has played an important role in the development of the new generation. Media events become part of the collective memory that bring different people together and define a culture. Television's immediacy created exact moments. When we all look back at events such as the Iran Hostage Crisis, the Challenger Explosion, the Gulf War, and the riots in L.A. we all have vivid memories of the specific time when these occurred. We remember where we were and what we were doing. We remember the images and the feelings. Some of these moments were so profound that they changed our ways of thinking and changed the way we saw the world.
Iran Hostage Crisis 1979
Challenger Explosion 1986
Gulf War 1991
L.A. Riots 1992
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