I'm watching Days Of Our Lives or the Bold and the Beautiful or one of those rubbish television shows. I'm not sure why, I just got sucked in. Everybody seems so be pregnant and crying. I feel stupid just watching this. I can envision my brain cells depleting. I'm getting dumber.
What's wrong with television? I understand they want to reach everyone in the general public but surely if they aimed for a more intelligent audience evolution would kick in A LITTLE BIT! Yet, that trend seems fairly common in media these days. My sixth lecture for Journalism and Communication kind of cleared up any disillusions I had about why I felt dumb watching television. Commercial media does target a 'dumber' audience.
Consider these shows: A Current Affair, Today Tonight, Neighbours, Home and Away, The Project.
If you like watching most of these shows its probably because it doesn't take a whole heap of brain power and you are fed information that makes good gossip. No judgement here.
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It boils down to what we're happy with. Are we content watching television because it uses very little brain power and we just have to sit there? Or would we rather be watching more engaging and intelligent shows? And is it really worth starting an uprising over? In the eyes of a journalist I'd say yes, dammit. In the eyes of an ordinary citizen I'm fence sitting. What do you think about it? Hmm?
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