Thursday, September 3, 2015

The Secret Manipulator Hidden In Television Show

By Daphne Bowen


It is no secret that the media is one of the biggest influences of people these days. Behind every show that one can see on TV, there is actually a secret manipulator hidden in television show that comes in the form of characters and their interaction with the other characters. This is actually true for all kinds of things that would appear on TV like reality shows or series.

From a scientific point of view, Herbert Krugman stated that the moment a person watches TV, he will be more inclined to use his right brain instead of his left. The left hemisphere is used for logical reasoning while the right brain houses all the emotional qualities of a person. When a person uses his right brain to create responses, he will be inclined to creating uncritical and emotional responses instead of logical ones.

The reason for this type of occurrence is simply because people view watching TV as a relaxing activity which means that they do not want to analyze too much when they watch. So when this happens, then the right brain will be the one to create the responses when one would start watching TV. Since the right brain is used, then watching certain shows can be addictive simply because the messages from these shows would appeal to the emotional level of the viewer.

Now to look deeper in this topic, it is best to examine the marketing concept known as target market or target segmentation. This simply means that certain shows are targeted to certain people because these shows will only appeal to certain groups of people and not others. It is because of this that there are so many genres of shows like drama, action, or fantasy.

Now usually, the main goal of the directors is to make a show as addictive as possible and to get as many viewers as possible. So the question to ask here is that why are some shows really addictive. Now this would usually stem out from the story plot because people would usually follow a series if the plot or the story line is really good.

Of course the one who creates the plot is the writer of the story. The writer of the story would also be creating the dialogues that would be able to catch the attention of the viewers and to keep them hooked on the show. Of course since the writers are the ones behind the plot, then they would be the ones who would add the subliminal messages there that could appeal to the people.

Now the same principle would also apply to reality shows too. Reality shows become interesting when the story flow is also interesting and when it relates to the viewers. Pretty much it also shows how normal people can be on TV.

So in a nutshell, TV shows would actually tap the aspirations of the viewers. By bringing them to another world, the ones behind the screen can actually make people immerse themselves in a world they think they want. That is the essence of manipulation through TV.




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