For ie; when one joins a blogging network or a web pageor something similar, there always seems to be the same people constantly blogging.
Why do people tend to be so consumed?
Now i undersand if they are at work on the computer all day, but for those who are not, why spend most of t eh time on the computer? Just a thought^_^
2007-10-05 07:46:50 · 7 answers · asked by CM 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I would say that this applies as well... I have read this book, and it's a great commentary on the american shift in values. I would recommend it to you as well. Although the book primarily discusses entertainment via TV & movies, the premis's at the time (1985) really did not take into account the personal computer. If it were to be revised, I have no doubt that the personal computer, blogging, surfing, et al would be addressed as the primary area.
to wit:
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985), is a controversial book by Neil Postman in which he argues that mediums of communication inherently influence the conversations carried out over them. Postman posits that television is the primary means of communication for our culture and it has the property of converting conversations into entertainment so much so that public discourse on important issues has disappeared. Since the treatment of serious issues as entertainment inherently prevents them from being treated as serious issues and indeed since serious issues have been treated as entertainment for so many decades now, the public is no longer aware of these issues in their original sense, but only as entertainment. ("Conversations" in the sense here of a culture communicating with itself).
The book originated with Postman's delivering a talk to the Frankfurt Booksellers Convention in 1984. He was participating in a panel on Orwell's 1984 and the contemporary world.
It has been translated into eight languages and sold some 200,000 copies worldwide.
2007-10-09 05:03:24 · answer #1 · answered by Zipperhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's where they can do what they want to do socially, without feeling the discomfort of actually doing it. They can share their ideas and so on in a way that shows that they have value and yet they don't have to worry about the delivery or even having reprocussions to what is being said as they would if they were doing it in reality. Others just find it as a medium of reaching more people in more diverse locations than otherwise would've been possible.
2007-10-05 10:45:23 · answer #2 · answered by Answerer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In this particular forum, people with problems get others to solve them for them, while others get to feel important solving problems that they likely do not have license or experience to handle. Am I any different? No, I'm in grad school for school psychology and don't have the opportunity to use my experience yet professionally. When I do get licensure, I'll likely not be doing this - why would I want to do my job at home? As for bloggers, they get to vent feelings in a consequence-reduced format, and perhaps have others read them, validating the feelings. As for "surfers" - they may have a multitude of reasons for surfing, and the most likely of those reasons is "entertainment" (let's face it, even with cable there's never really anything GOOD on!).
2007-10-05 08:43:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's called escapism, or avoidance. For example, right now, I'm escaping housework.
2007-10-05 07:51:48 · answer #4 · answered by scriptorcarmina 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two reasons for me. Bored at work and addicted to porn.
2007-10-05 08:00:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be an addiction just like any other thing can
2007-10-05 08:24:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they think real life suks and they want something better.
2007-10-05 08:00:08 · answer #7 · answered by Daniel T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋