Explain contention that talk shows can both normalize and " freakify" queer families.
Have the talk shows you have seen done more to normilize or freakify nontraditional families?
Overall do you think daytime talk TV tends to challege or reinforce long-standing myth about famil?
What about other kinds of TV shows, like soap operas, sit-coms, and " reality" TV?
2006-09-28 11:33:31 · 7 answers · asked by Irina C 6 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
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2006-09-28 11:37:48 · update #1
They "freakify" them by putting them on display in order to get ratings. At the same time, the more exposure we have to these things, the more accepted - and thus "normal" they become. We get used to them and the shock value wears off.
The talk shows I've seen were back when they were about something -- Phil Donahue was my favorite. I don't watch today's parade of freaks.
Soap operas are all about drama. They make it seem like every day life is just of one dramatic event right after another. They also romanticize love affairs and rarely show the reality of what it means to be in a relationship. Once the intensity wears off, they drop that one and they're off to the next one.
Sit-coms are a little better in that the comedy in sit-coms in usually based on real life like situations. But they tend to trivialize the problems they pretend to deal with.
"Reality" or unscripted TV puts people in strange situations, usually designed to produce maximum drama, and then watches thier reactions and responses. They tend to choose unstable or extreme personalities in order to provoke the extreme responses.
2006-09-28 12:14:44 · answer #1 · answered by gatheringplace2002 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dum-Dum Jack Russell Terrier 3 years in all probability out lifting his leg on something or leaping 5 ft off the floor for enjoyable noticeably plenty each toy he has ever had is destroyed through fact he chews the crap out of them in 10 minutes hi, stop yelling at me- i'm a guy and that i'm purely doing what adult males do and staining my territory. Oh yeah and shop splashing out massive $$ on those toys so i will destroy them and have a reason to get yet another one appropriate away!
2016-12-15 16:22:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, and the m,agority of the familys on those shows are made up to fit their bizzare reality talk show world and it doesn't stop there, programes like Honey Wer'e killing the Kids are conmtrived. It is a fact that the magority of these treality shows are fake. And people believe it all
2006-09-28 11:42:38 · answer #3 · answered by jimmyfish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ELLEN HAS DONE A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE FAMILY IDEAL AND I THINK SHE SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM TV. AS FOR THE SOAPS WHO WATCHES THAT STUFF NOW THEY GOT DIRTY MOVIES YOU CAN WATCH NOW.IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SPRINGER HOW CAN ANYONE WATCH HIM AND COME AWAY WITH ANYTHING BUT CONFUSION. I THINK MOST OF THE PROGRAMS ON TV TODAY JUST FILL A TIME SPACE THAT NO ONE EVENS WATCHES.
2006-09-28 11:40:31 · answer #4 · answered by roy40372 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
yes i do agree with you about making life a little bit freakier
2006-09-28 12:31:33 · answer #5 · answered by Kati Bobanich 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all about shock and entertainment. nothing more
2006-09-28 11:36:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ellen is awsome..
2006-09-28 11:43:55 · answer #7 · answered by crystal s 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋