The purpose is to entertain, yes it does have factual information but it mostly has a humorous tone!
kids don't go and fish for box jellyfishes because they are deadly and could ban you from resorts like that
No because wall can be broken and you even can climb over it.
Society uses a lot of internet and television to encourage conformity. Like eating health and buy products (and such.) But they also use it to convince people to do things, such as trends (where everyone wants to wear whats trendy) and even changing opinions. They show you something like a famous well known actor buying something, then the sale rates skyrocket. They show you celebrities getting in trouble or telling people how some things are wrong. then people think "im not gonna do that"