influence childrence

Hi,

Say, there is a group of three discussing topic of "Does the violence on TV/movie/games etc worry you".

In such a discussion, we could often hear about "the children 'affected/influenced' by such a movie/game/or other things".

So when we say somebody is affected by something then that means somebody was changed in a particular way because of the something.

For example, say, I have become a famous basketball player because Jordan was my hero, can I say like "I was very much influenced by him".

Is that right?

Thanks in advance.