Today, everybody has a TV set in their apartment. Watching TV has become a regular thing for such a long time. Before, there was only one TV channel; but nowadays, various types of channels are available. Most of these channels broadcast really awful programms though.
When we begin zapping among the TV channels our TV has, we see those awkward programms as well; and as we see them, we react like: "Oh, look at this crap, who would possibly watch this?" Immediately we skip the channel. However then, we read or hear of the high ratings of these programms and we wonder. Nevertheless, that is obvious: Lots of people like them!
However, I don't blame the audience. Such programms are broadcasted mostly at noon and they are watched by those who have nothing to do - more precisely - who do not have any jobs. Unemployed men are so sick of this unemployment that they stop searching for jobs, and therefore they stay at home and sit in front of the TV. Women are also at home the whole day. So the audience is there. Now, it is important for TV channels to keep this audience in front of the TV. As people love emotional stuff, they are offered programms involving emotional issues such as marriage programms, tell-us-your-family/love-issues programms. These programms attract them indeed and become adorable for them. These problems are everywhere in the world. Almost every country has to deal with such situations.
In my opinion, The TV channels are to blame. These channels always emphasize that they are respectful towards ethique and morality, but they act in the opposite way. They show us devious and needless stuff, advertise themselves, try to make us think positive about them, expect us to love them. Unfortunately, only the uneducated and ignorant people get hooked. The literate and educated people keep on criticizing and discussing these channels. At the end, no solution is there. But this is normal because we can't find an exact and right answer for this question: "Should we withdraw a programm which people love? Should we take something away that somebody loves?"
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You make some interesting arguments here. But I would like to respond to a few points. First of all, are all reality shows broadcast at noon? It seems to be much reality TV airs at prime time. And do only "uneducated and ignorant" people become addicted? I know a lot of intelligent people who are devotees of Big Brother, for example, and from our class discussions it was clear that a lot of students watch reality TV. Are there any other explanations for these shows' appeal?
ReplyDeleteA great way to start a debate on this issue!
I think you have written about a very important issue, more important than many things that are discussed every day in the political world one can claim. However, I have a slightly different thought about this. Firstly, it is neither the TV channel nor the audience to be blamed, but the lifestyle we are offered. A great deal of people are forced to become "unthinkers", and the popularity of reality shows are just a result of that "emptiness" in mind, an example to prove how the majority of people are left so "simple" that they can feel great joy from watching meaningless artificial smiles or teardrops. The action should not be stopping the TV channels, because TV channels only endeavour to reflect the society, in other words, their programs will definitely change if the interests (the structure of thinking I may say) of the society does really alter.
ReplyDeleteI agree to what Can said at some point. It is true that some intelligent people watch Reality Tv, but it is not that much for the channels to earn money. The main money resource comes from the uneducated people, and you can not blame uneducated people for their actions; they don't know what is right or wrong. Noone ever thought them how to spent quality time or how to improve themselves. So in my opinion, blame the Tv channel owners who see people as a resource of money.
ReplyDeleteI disagree entirely with Mbo that uneducated people don't know right from wrong. Intelligence and morality are completely unrelated!
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