why aren't books more popular in the media, like music and films?

Answer 1

Because its so easy to watch a movie, listen to music, you dont have to use your brain... and while reading you really have to concentrate and think about it....

Answer 2

I think it depends on what media you are listening to or watching. I rarely hear about the latest music, because I don't watch programs or read magazines that advertise and advocate the latest great band. I think if I didn't actively seek out the latest movies, I wouldn't know anything about them either.

In fact, what I hear the most about are books. I listen to NPR and watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and I hear a lot about the newest books. Guests on each of these programs are more likely to be writers than musicians or filmmakers.

But in general, I think you are correct that most media is of the audio/video kind. Media companies spend a lot more money advertising music and movies, so they are likely to be more prevalent in the media. Just look what happens, however, when a book has a huge budget: The Secret (the book and DVD) are still highly popular and sales are high.

Once all is said and done, it costs a lot less to make a CD and a DVD than it does to make a book. If your profit margin is low on one type of media, you are more likely to advertise the high-revenue media (music and movies).

Just some thoughts. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I think that it's because in our culture we are so used to fast pased intertainment that books just don't cut it for a lot of people anymore. For a lot of people, it's much easier to sit down and watch a movie than take the time to read a book. I also think it's because a lot of people never learned to enjoy reading. They read the books that they were assigned in school, most of which are outdated and not very interesting, and got the idea that reading is a boaring chore. I think that if more teachers assigned good, fun books that kids enjoyed reading, books would become more popular again.

Answer 4

I honestly can't imagine why... My guess is that a book is too much effort for most people. For music and films all they'd have to do is switch on the TV or whatever and let their brain process the input. Everything is spoon fed.

But in books, you have to put in the effort of reading and also of imagining the characters and working out the storyline in your head, retaining details of the story which may become significant later in the book.... All this just adds up to too much work for most people. I think...

Answer 5

because music and films are passive forms of entertainment. whether you pay attention to it or not, a movie or a song will just keep playing until you get to the end. one cannot progress with a book unless you consciously read it and you cannot get its meaning if you don't think and reflect about it.

also, reading takes time which most people don't have. songs and movies take much less time.

Answer 6

I think it is because we in America are rather illiterate compared with other first-world countries, and by that I don't mean that we CAN'T read; I mean that not everybody reads for enjoyment as much as they may in other countries. Everybody would rather wait until the movie of the book comes out, and it's a shame since literature is really the only mainstream medium left that doesn't have to worry so much about censorship.

Answer 7

I have so many books, that I read them over and over again. (as well as buying new ones that come out that I'm interested in). I can get so caught up in a book more than I can a movie.
The movie is never like the book. Well, to me anyway.
I even have books stored in my basement, that now I will have to go through since you reminded me! :)