In theory, society can change the way entertainment selects and shows their content. However, that day would be a day the public demanded more insightful content. Kaplan describes the news today as “crisis porn” (143) because people love celebrity mishaps and disasters and cannot get enough of it. People love to panic and with the media in control of the tone of every situation, the media only elevates the panic and is highly capable of making every situation worse. The media initially hypes up certain stories, that could be completely meaningless, while they disregard other stories by alleviating them. People do not care about the content of what they are seeing only that it looks cool. The media has become a competition of showmanship and the prize is the public’s attention. This way of showmanship extends beyond media and applies to politics, lawyers, colleges, physicians, and so on because the public demand it and it is how they are able to make money. The public has become so sucked into the entertainment world that it is not uncommon for someone to think themselves a starring lead of
In theory, society can change the way entertainment selects and shows their content. However, that day would be a day the public demanded more insightful content. Kaplan describes the news today as “crisis porn” (143) because people love celebrity mishaps and disasters and cannot get enough of it. People love to panic and with the media in control of the tone of every situation, the media only elevates the panic and is highly capable of making every situation worse. The media initially hypes up certain stories, that could be completely meaningless, while they disregard other stories by alleviating them. People do not care about the content of what they are seeing only that it looks cool. The media has become a competition of showmanship and the prize is the public’s attention. This way of showmanship extends beyond media and applies to politics, lawyers, colleges, physicians, and so on because the public demand it and it is how they are able to make money. The public has become so sucked into the entertainment world that it is not uncommon for someone to think themselves a starring lead of