Wednesday, April 11, 2007
How Does Television View You?
Television stations tend to put out the simplest, easiest to understand information in their commercials and programming. This is mostly so the viewer can understand the message with ease, and not have to think. Sure, there are some programs that you need at least half a brain for to understand, but for the most part, they market to the "average joe." Do you think the big television corporations sees their viewers (American people) as mindless idiots? Is this an acurate portrayal of the American public?
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There are alot of mindless idiots in this country if you really think about it. Its their job to pretend we know nothing of the topic of subject and thats how they explain it so everyone can understand it and not just intellectual people. Theres plenty of people in the US who cant even read or write. Although there are plenty of smart people maybe there are plenty of mindless idiots too.
I think in a way they have to pertain to less intelligent people to gain a bigger market. Also, they have to focus upon the audience and make sure the understand the show in general. I feel in some ways though they disrepect America's and how smart we really are by simple television shows. Some television shows should be a challenge to watch to inform the public.
I believe that kurt does have a point but at the same time I can see that it may offend intelligent people, and I to believe that a lot of shows are simple to gain that bigger market. I for one believe that sitting down and watching Jeopardy should be something that everyone in the American public could learn a lot about themselves that way.
Good question! And yeah, probably right. Americans are basically average on the area of intelligence and I think the producers are all like: "Wanna know what? Television is about relaxation! You watch TV to avoid thinking." Unless your watching trivia shows and if you are then I have no idea what you are doing. But I don't think its a wrong interpretation, just dort of misdirected. They want to make tv viewing easy as possible.
I don't exactly think that they think of all Americans as mindless idiots, I believe that they just might dumb down things to pertain to a larger audience. If things were too complicated then people would be confused. I think if its just a general product it just should be a simple ad anyway, but if it's for something m ore complex then they should be more informative
I never really thought about that, but now that you brought it up maybe they do, we will never truly know. But they get the ratings that they need and more...so however they view us doesn't really matter because they are making money. Plus the shows are entertaining and keep my interest and most people like things that are easy to do and keep their attention!
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