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Re: debates (was: John Leo's opinion of "The West Wing")
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 6 Oct 2002 16:33:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ed Jones writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > I remember reading something in my childhood, it may have been an article in • TV
> > Guide, that talked about the many letters the performers in Soap Operas got
> > condemning their behavior...as if they had anything to do with real life! So
> > the notion that people *don't* believe too much reality into TV shows is • silly.
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> It would be interesting to see the ratio of those letters received to viewers.
> IS it 1%, 10%. I don;t think it would be very high at all.
I agree.
But also believing that what you see on a soap is litterally true...so much so
that you write in to the fictional characters is pretty extreme. I'm sure that
lots of (all?) people are successfully propagandized to varying lesser extents.
How much of it is good?
I like to have my horizons broadened with new ideas, and TV can be as good as
anything for that, but what's the difference between exposure to new ideas and
propaganda? Is it just intent, or a matter of degree?
Chris
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