The WRAP-UP
Television can give people information (news, traffic or weather reports...), assist with education, and it can entertain. But, it also give people something to talk about, a common point of interest, that can promote conversation and socializing. Whether just discussing a program around the water-cooler at work or dressing as a particular character and cramming yourself into a colliseum with thousands of other fans, television fandom is an exciting phenomenon. TV might not always live up to it’s potential, but what programs we do have can be a unifying and socializing force and give people a common forum around which they can gather and be friendly.
posted by Brave Raideen at
1:07 PM
1 Comments:
Raideen,
I'm curious as to what you think about the passive nature of viewing television? As the newer generation comes up, having always had access to mediums like the Internet or Tivo where they are not forced to sit and watch what the networks want to show when they want to show it, will broadcast media remain competitive?
SD
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Scott in Washington, at December 14, 2004 at 1:43 PM
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