There has been an enormous increase in possibilities to gather information or being entertained. TV-shows started using the internet and social media to increase their interaction with their public. Another famous medium that flowered the past few years is the voting by phone. Shows allow you to cast your vote against a small amount of money. In this way you can actively influence the show.
Sound great, all this interaction between the "followers" and the show, but when you look closer at which programs it is considered in, you will soon find out that it is pretty limited to two kinds of shows, namely reality programs and talent competitions. Both of which I would not label under intelligent shows.
There really is a growth in these shows the last few years. We just seem to be obsessed by watching other people live and interact (maybe this also explains the success of social media and the status options within it). Strangely however is that we do not seem to care for intelligent people who have information to share. We specifically tune in to dumb people or people which show unnatural and ridiculous behavior. Think for example about all the reality shows that have been since the days of Big Brother. Every show has to be more extreme than the last one. Putting people in a show that play extra dumb or crazy just to be on TV. And the world...They all tune in to see it. Why do we look to these shows instead of informational or documentary shows? Is it because of the interaction forms that are already fully integrated into these shows, but have not seem to reach other types of shows yet? Or is it just because people can identify themselves more with these dumb or crazy people? After all...monkey see, monkey do.
Think for example about the show "New Kids" and the way people behave after seeing it.
And repend!
Deckers OFF
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