Thousands of people today spend most of their time on their phones busy with their social networks. People discuss almost everything on social networks, including the latest news on what is happening on television.
Television shows that are discussed on social networks like Facebook and Twitter have the tendency to have higher ratings than other shows.(www.readwriteweb.com).
If that is the case then imagine watching your favourite TV show using one of your social networks. Instead of sitting in front on the TV on a particular time waiting for your favourite show to start. This is not only a good idea only for an individual but also for the shows as it is guaranteed that they will gain more ratings. In this case you will not have to sit in front of the TV all the time. "The role of social media in television-viewing have been growing over the last few years. 17% use social network to discover new TV shows. 39% of 18 -24 year olds to guide in their TV choices, while the third if this group said they would be most likely to talk online about a TV show if they saw friends already talking about it online. Tom Malcom Diffusions's head of consumer said. "These real time online discussions of TV on social media mark the end of the water cooler effect and a fundemental change in the way Brits watch, share and interact with TV.
It is quite clear that most people prefer online discussions about TV shows especially youngsters. They get bored of sitting in front of the TV all the time as the percentage of watching TV compared to that of spending time on the phone is higher. Then if that is what people are dealing with do not you think that it is much better to have your favourite shows on your social networks?
akhona this is a creative idea but don't you think by doing this although the ratings for social media will go up that the television viewership of those popular television programs will go down.If that happened then these programs would go off air. what your saying could increase ratings but it could also kill the very television programs viewers love.
ReplyDeleteThey will not be taken off air but they will also be on social networks as well. Not everyone will prefer having their TV shows on social networks and not everyone is active when it comes to social networks.Sometimes people will prefer watching them on their TV screens.
ReplyDeleteits really a good idea would avoid quickly having to rush home just to catch isdingo, i can just click on facebook,
ReplyDeleteI think it is better to have my favourite shows on social networks but it would defeat the purpose of television.
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