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Binge Watching Sports

My favorite topic of any media is undoubtedly sports.  A lot of people in class have spoken about how they spend time watching different T.V. shows like game of thrones of how I met your mother, but for me its sports.  Any sport will pretty much hold me captive and prevent me from accomplishing anything.  For many of the communications students in class they are addicted to the story line or the underlying messages in each episode, but for me, it’s the pure competition that has be addicted to any game I watch.  It’s not just the games themselves though, I’m just as addicted to the talk shows where analysts come in front of the camera to argue and list pointless statistics to prove their point. 

               In class we discussed about how binge watching is provoked by a story line which holds the attention of their views captive for hours at a time. Well to be honest I think it is the same reason that people get addicted to sports. The perfect example is the NFL draft.  Although the first NFL game will not start until August 3^rd, the viewership of the sport remains constant throughout the off season because of these shows. I am a fan of the Detroit Lions, and to be honest, I don’t get very excited about watching other teams play. However, during the draft season, I can sit there and tell you what every single team is projected to fit in the first round. 

               For me the reason why people get addicted to the draft and analysis shows is the exact same reason that people get addicted to other shows.  It is the story line. These shows combined with the game create a story line that is continuous throughout the season and the post season. To me this is why we have so many sports addicts in general but especially football addicts in America and why people will spend hours a day watching shows that truly are a complete waste of time.

Why I Hate Mainstream News Media and its Part in Politics

Look part of me is really into politics mostly because it affects our lives whether we like it or not. However, with the political bias of most mainstream news stations, predominantly FOX and CNN, it has caused me to view broadcast media as being the source of America’s downfall.  

               As people know we have had a bipartisan system of government for a long time, however in the past the two parties have been able to put their difference in opinions aside in order to accomplish necessary tasks.  At this point any college student understands how to work in a group, even if you do not get along all the time you manage to come together for the sake of success.  Why is it that we are capable of working together while our representatives cannot?  I argue that it is because of our media. 

Stations like FOX and CNN claim to be unbiased, but any educated American should be able to look at their reports and spot the inconsistencies in statistics, and spin on stories, and realize otherwise.  However, the Americans that look at the situation and question their intentions are not the concern of these stations.  Rather, similar to stations producing Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, and other shows, they feed off of Americans that cannot see the underlying bullshit that they portray as fact.

In truth I recognize the benefits that media can have in educating, and communicating to people around the world. However, for now they are using their influence to separate citizens that all identify themselves as Americans.  I ask that you really take the time to think about what I have said, for months I have spent my down time philosophizing over the politics and the role that media plays.  In truth we need to realize that political parties are as manipulative and trash ridden as mainstream media. And the only thing that both these entities will accomplish is the divide and destruction of Americans by taking advantage of the stereotypes of social classes, genders and races that they have created.

We are Zombies and Social Media is the Problem

In general I have a pretty philosophical mind. I spend a lot of my down time staring at my TV and thinking about things that are probably pretty irrelevant to a lot of other people that I have met. However, I took the time to watch a few episodes of the walking dead for the first time in my life.  Not really because I care about the show but because after the Eric Watts lecture I it really provoked me to do a little more research into the connection between Zombies and our society.  To be honest the show really is not something that I am interested in all, I think there are plenty of other shows, *cough cough* Game of Thrones that I feel are more worthy of my day. 

However, it got me thinking about how our society can really relate to them.  For example, I connect with a lot of people on Facebook that attend different schools and many of them have a passion for politics. One of them posted a really a political post with a really negative outlook on Humanity.  He stated that the poor are sucking the life out of the economy, and how they are all alcoholics and drug addicts that want people who work to pay for their addictions. A few years ago, I probably would have agreed with him but in truth it is a prime example of how society is becoming “zombified.”In my opinion social media is the biggest problem.  We have supplemented virtual relationships for physical ones; we would rather sit at home and consume rather than go out and experience true empathy for people who live under more difficult circumstances than we do.  That is the true meaning of a zombie, but sadly the only way that we are going to be able to stop it is if we take the time to educate people through daily conversation, which in these days will almost always be over social media, the problem.

Disney a Manipulator

               Anyone who grew up in the United States is familiar with the Disney classics such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White.  However, few of us realized the impact that movies like this have on our psyche as we continue to grow through adolescences and into adulthood.  As a male, I cannot say that I spent much time watching movies where the main character was a princess, just because it was not going to take priority over Power Rangers, Pokémon or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 

               What I did not realize until this passed weeks lecture however is that although the movies had very little impact on my expectations as a guy, it could have influence over the relationships that I have had over the last five years.  Every one of us, regardless of gender, has complained about the other sex in respect to dating.  “She’s clingy.” “He’s insensitive.” Or my personal favorite, “Guys suck!” In reality there is a large possibility that we can attribute our frustration to the gender roles and flawless nature, that are portrayed in Walt Disney’s classic princess films.

               Now do not take what I am saying out of context, this post is not at all targeting woman alone. I for one prefer to date a strong woman with her own goals as well as her own quirks and flaws.  However, in numerous relationships I have been the victim of unreasonable expectations.  Obviously we cannot prove that these unreasonable expectations for both genders are completely attributed to the portrayal of flawless human beings in Disney movies.  However, I believe that as long as we continue to allow the sponge like brains of children to be influenced by these twenty plus year old films it will only continue to hurt relationships in which both parties do not realize that flawless is not conducive to reality.