Emphasizing Participation, Experiencing Process

Today, television contest programs attract audiences' attention and quite high audience ratings because of their tensity and vehemence. TV stations and individual lucky contestants reap the benefit of their participation. However, the author of this paper has discovered the fact that since they are contest programs. People place too much emphasis on winning or losing. Here the author of this paper has revealed a question that is worthy of careful consideration: all the people who involve in such activities (including the players, host, audience and program planners) in the depths of thought run short of something that is expressed with process consciousness of the philosophical term.The source of television contest programs can be traced back to the half of the 20th century in the United States. Because such programs have the temptation of a high level of prize money, as well as betting and audience participation, they are the lastest craze all over the United States in a short time, setting new records for viewership. Our country absorbs and learns from abroad on the basis of programs and founded a number of her own race programs. Contest program now becomes very popular television programs.The reason why television contest programs can bing such a big impact lies in their entertainment elements. Contest program, at the same time, are familiar or more familiar to audience. The audience nervously taste game experiences, in which the value of their own can be affirmed through participation in the contest.Both in the course of and at the end of the programs,the audience and the contestants are also able to share their feelings. In addition, low production costs and high audience ratings drive producers to continue the production of new programs of this type.Although contest programs on the surface are flourishing and scoop up high audience ratings,yet they are not highly appraised.It all boils down to the following reasons. On the one hand, the host loses his own cultural spirit manifested in his common flattery and the tendency to cater to the audience excessively. On the other hand, players pay overdue attention to winning and losing while neglecting experiences of exciting processes that really count. Besides,a considerable number of spectators could not rid themselves of interferences of utilitarianism and snobbishness and put excessive emphasis on the rankings of constestants.Therefore, the non-utilitarianism of elegant culture is replaced by coveted commercial profits of program planning.At present, the in-depth root of problems arising from domestic contest programs is a lack of process awareness, if viewed from a philosophical perspective. Originating in process philosophy, process consciousness belongs to a part of modern philosophy and embodies the life wisdom of modern populations.With its essence lying in regarding life as a process, process consciousness entails such an attitude toward life and living, in which what matters is an emphasis on plain living rather than occupation, processes rather than results and experiences rather than vanity. Contest programs should be guided and supported by process consciousness. Process consciousness is essential for the host to stress guidance and stimulate passions, for the contestants to highlight participating and process experiencing, for the audience to spotlight spirits and respect players and for the planners to improve contents and convey solicitude.Process consciousness enlightens all the people who are involved in the contest. It endows contest activities with a tint of secular philosophic and aesthetic significance beyond any worldly utilitarainism, making contest programs have the depth of the soul and spirit and all the participants' spiritual realm gain purification and exaltation.