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On The Interaction Of Television And Everyday Life

Posted on:2010-10-25Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y WanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2178360275968703Subject:Communication
Abstract/Summary:
Since the 20th century,the human society has entered into an age of mass media,which,with television taking the lead,starts penetrating into people's everyday life.Nowadays,Television has become an integral part of our family life,while the everyday life elements infiltrate every side of TV broadcast,and plays a trump card in eye-catching TV programs.TV and everyday life improve themselves by each other through interaction, which lead to the fabulous change of individuals and the whole society. Based on the change,this thesis takes a full view about the unique subject of the interaction between television and everyday life from a transdisciplinary view.Firstly,it should be pointed out that everyday life here is not simply referring to the day-to-day family chores,and it is a complex concept in the sense of philosophy and sociology.Through the comparative analysis on the subjects of Western Marxism,phenonmenology and others,the thesis dialectically points out the definition,characteristics and the status of everyday life,which set a higher theorectical base for the research in the latter part of the thesis.Secondly,Television has been a hot topic since it was born.Different academic schools have different views,negative or positive,on Television and the mass culture it presents.Therefore,in order to be sure of the relationship between television and everyday life,we have to inquire and reflect on the most influential current TV programs and mass culture theories.This thesis vividly displays the different kinds of relationship between television and everyday life based on the theories of Frankfort School,Culture Studies,and Consumer Society,which are completely different but complementary.After macro research on the theories,the thesis deepens its research on the interaction between TV and everyday life from the concrete level. This interaction is mainly manifested in two aspects,one of which is the characterization of everyday life in television,and the other is the impact of television on everyday life.This thesis exhibit the return and reconstruction of everyday life in TV with three most representative objects of common news,everyday life TV series and entertainment TV programs.In addition,this thesis utilize large amount of theories of deconstruction,consumerism,narratology,carnival theory,semiotic and so on in analysis,and investigate the most popular television text in recent years with the latest TV data.The thesis reveals the important role everyday life elements play in the operation of television programs and production of television text,and points out that only the elements of everyday life can help television to firmly attract the audience,who decide its fate.For the latter,focusing on the impact of television to the everyday life from aspects of sociology and visual culture,this thesis pointed out possible drawbacks television makes on the socilization of modern society,structuring of family life,and aestheticism of everyday life,after affirmation on the active part it takes in this process with a dialectic criticize in rational analysis.Last,the thesis suggests that the interaction between TV and everyday life is a complicated process.In the way for the return of TV to everyday life,we need to have great awareness of the interaction model and its theories,to gain the welcome and support from people,at the same time not to lose the its active efforts on the everyday life.Only by this,can there be win-win for TV and everyday life when they are under good interaction in future social development.
Keywords/Search Tags:Television, everyday life, interaction, representation
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