Television in the United States. Great cultural change – Money.pl

2014-08-08 7:50

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CBS poll conducted last year, 700 people in the United States, which have permanent access to the Internet and television, shows that 28 per cent. respondents watched TV more than a year earlier.

17 percent. respondents reported that watching it less; the rest of the approach has not changed. These figures may not seem significant, but the fear of admitting to watching TV – even if the Nielsen ratings indicate something else – has a long history in the United States. In other words, liking television is becoming more socially acceptable.

– When in New York will go now to the adoption of the higher realms, it’s very possible that people will not talk about the recent release of an ambitious film or art, but with the newest television network schedule – commented David Poltrack, a veteran of research at CBS. – If you go to the bar on the outskirts of the worst socio-economic conditions, its regulars also will talk about television. Maybe they talk about other programs, but the theme will still be cable – he added.

The surveys of the type conducted by CBS over the years revealed a trend manifests itself in the embarrassing television audience relative to this medium. When in 2000 the survey respondents Pew Research Center have to answer how much time they spent watching TV the previous day, 84 percent. repulsed that less than four hours a day. It disagreed with the data of the indicators Nielsen, the feed that the average American watching television during this period an average of four hours and 15 minutes a day.

In a poll conducted in 1990 for the Gallup 49 percent. respondents believed that spends too much time watching television. Only 19 per cent. answered that watching too little. This year, Nielsen reported that the average American watches four hours and 50 minutes of television a day.

Cory Phare, a 33-year employee of the university of Denver involved in the organization of conferences, says he grew up watching television, but later it abandoned. The possibility of so-called. binge-watching (uninterrupted viewing of many successive episodes of the series or TV) series such as Breaking Bad or Dexter by Netflix pulled him back to her. Just finished re-watching the The West Wing. Even if you just have a break for lunch – he says – is on your smartphone can I watch everything I want.

This is another key to the growth in popularity of television in recent years. Viewers have access to more ambitious content, despite the fact that more and more often we put the schedule. No longer need to rely on ramówkach television.

– My friends are watching all the serials on your computer – says Yael Chanoff, 25-year-old writer from San Francisco, for the majority of older serials – even such as the widely adored Friends – is already on the threadbare schemes.

Gone are the days, when viewers had to choose between two good programs issued at the same time on TV. For feed owners disadvantage of this is that greater competition, with which they must cope less well-known series, to gain popularity. On some evenings, a lot of people are watching previously recorded programs instead of the current TV program.