We, the Spectator-Consumers   (Robert Winter)

Feeling small and insignificant.  (Robert Winter)

Those without special gifts have an even harder time feeling like "somebodies."  (Robert Winter)

The world of our direct experience continues to be dwarfed by the realm of media.   (Robert Winter)

Today's celebrity system represents a potent form of secular mythology.   (Robert Winter)

Even the tiniest shred of media celebrity can help an ordinary person feel like "somebody."  (Robert Winter)

Maybe we're "programmed" to consider the people we watch more important than ourselves.  (Robert Winter)

The media present a realm beyond most people's experience or contact as the most significant dimension of contemporary life.  (Robert Winter)

Overvaluing the "media world" can profoundly devalue those of us whose frame of refernce is the real world.  (Robert Winter)