Once, we used to look in a mirror and see a literal reflection, but in the 21st century, the media has evolved so much so that it has developed an interactive mirror; the TV.
With a spate of television programmes that entertain us but also subliminally reflect ourselves, it seems that looking through that glass might be a one way affair.
Programmes such as My Kitchen Rules and Master Chef demonstrate two loves; completion and food.
Not convinced?
How about the desire of change being materialised in a popular fantasy of transforming our bodies into the mediatised image of beauty? No fear, Biggest Loser and Excess
Baggage have catered towards this sentiment.
From the invention of television, it is marked to see that it reflects society... or the wider feelings within it, why else would the tv still be plugged in and going strong otherwise?
Is it such a bad thing that it reflects us? Some will argue that it reinforces stereotypes but
I beg to differ; the t is not perfect, it is flawed for as much it desires to reflect, the society it aims to serve and entertain is far too fluid and swift in change to keep up.
Television might be a reflection of society by which shows are programmed and others are not, but it is yet to be seen if it could consistently do so if a sudden change of events were to elicit evolution in the sentiment of the people.
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