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Originally Posted by Baba Ahmed
I wonder does shows like this, especially sit-coms and "soap operas" influence many of us in our actions and searches for a worthy mate? And does it influence our own opinions about our selves? If not, explain. If so how and in what areas?
In case anyone's wondering about me; I don't watch'em, except for a few minutes b4 get'n pissed for giving my time and energy to a screen.
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Now Baba-sensei, these are some heavily loaded questions! Lol!
You know they do! As I see it, television has become a medium of value for our society. When people see something on television, those behaviors are automatically relegated to the realm of "things that are okay", simply because its being done on t.v. It's primarily a medium of cultural acceptance.
Thus, when people see these men and women acting the friggin fool on television, and they internalize how others respond to it. Usually responses to these shows range from humorously negative to positive by the majority of television watchers today. (I don't think the people on Afrochat.net who are critically critiquing these shows are in the majority unfortunately.) Thus, others get the justification that if they emulate what they see on t.v., at worst people might humorously admonish them for their ways, while in many cases, others will encourage such behavior because what they are doing is familiar...because everybody has seen similar mess on t.v.
Just one big ole cycle of stupid, if ya ask me. However, t.v. isn't the primary problem. I think a lack of critical thinking skills is the main issue, because the stupidity on t.v. can just as easily be found in book form as well and on the internet too. Any medium for the masses holds the potential for spreading ignorance. However, we need to teach people to think for themselves more, lest they fall prey to the bandwagon mentality which goes along with mindlessly reading or watching all types of information...without questioning it at all.
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