Wednesday, September 10, 2008
What About Radio?
The argument being made about television in "Easy Citizenship", by Roderick Hart, sounds similar to our views on radio from last class. Why is the visual influence that Hart is positing any different than the profound influence of Limbaugh on his 20+ million viewers each week? And if they do produce similar results, then how can that be if part of Hart's argument seems to be that the feeling of political knowledge and empowerment that people get is unique to the nature of TV?
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I think the visual aspect of TV is an integral part of Harts argument. It is the fact that people see politicians or events on TV that gives them that sense of activism. Even though watching TV is passive people may feel as though they are being active because the TV can act as a portal immersing the watcher in what is being shown. Radio cannot do this because of its inherent lack of a visual component, and as powerful as words are they cant put someone into the action the same TV can.
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