Comments on: Swimming in an Ocean of Media http://generoche.net/blog/2005/09/swimming-in-an-ocean-of-media/ The Times They Are A-Changin' Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:54:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jdmess http://generoche.net/blog/2005/09/swimming-in-an-ocean-of-media/comment-page-1/#comment-20 jdmess Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:51:05 +0000 http://generoche.net/blog/?p=55#comment-20 I concur with Gene. I have a wireless network in my house and am constantly on the computer. Through a satellite provider I have a DVR and record any show I wish to watch. What I don't record, I pause and walk away for 15 minutes then come back and forward through the commercials cutting about 20 minutes or more off an hour long program. Not a lot on TV is worth my time anymore. What they think is good they create about four different versions of so you watch the same show everynight of the week. Producing the programs is more costly now so you get about half the season you used to get which brings in mid-season shows or reruns. Most of which aren't worth watching. I also think that when we watch TV we are really doing something else with our mind. In other words, mindless TV viewing which is another sign of multitasking. How many of the people did what they normally do and how many started doing something else because they new they were being watched? This is a hard thing to calculate and this study tried to answer a question. The world has changed and so has TV viewing and technology use. As a society we do things differently than we did in the past and we do more things at once. I concur with Gene. I have a wireless network in my house and am constantly on the computer. Through a satellite provider I have a DVR and record any show I wish to watch. What I don’t record, I pause and walk away for 15 minutes then come back and forward through the commercials cutting about 20 minutes or more off an hour long program. Not a lot on TV is worth my time anymore. What they think is good they create about four different versions of so you watch the same show everynight of the week. Producing the programs is more costly now so you get about half the season you used to get which brings in mid-season shows or reruns. Most of which aren’t worth watching. I also think that when we watch TV we are really doing something else with our mind. In other words, mindless TV viewing which is another sign of multitasking.

How many of the people did what they normally do and how many started doing something else because they new they were being watched? This is a hard thing to calculate and this study tried to answer a question. The world has changed and so has TV viewing and technology use. As a society we do things differently than we did in the past and we do more things at once.

]]> By: Gene http://generoche.net/blog/2005/09/swimming-in-an-ocean-of-media/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Gene Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:04:08 +0000 http://generoche.net/blog/?p=55#comment-17 My own TV viewing has changed dramatically with the installation of wireless in my house and with the arrival of Tivo. I half-watch quite a number of TV shows but my laptop is always on and getting most of my attention. In the unlikely event that I miss something important, I can always zip back with the Tivo to catch it. My own TV viewing has changed dramatically with the installation of wireless in my house and with the arrival of Tivo. I half-watch quite a number of TV shows but my laptop is always on and getting most of my attention. In the unlikely event that I miss something important, I can always zip back with the Tivo to catch it.

]]> By: Gardner http://generoche.net/blog/2005/09/swimming-in-an-ocean-of-media/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Gardner Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:27:28 +0000 http://generoche.net/blog/?p=55#comment-16 TV's convenient, but it's also wallpaper much of the time. The last stats I saw suggested students would rather leave their TVs at home than their computers. Perhaps a skewed sample, but still.... Thanks for this blog, Gene. Fascinating stuff. TV’s convenient, but it’s also wallpaper much of the time. The last stats I saw suggested students would rather leave their TVs at home than their computers. Perhaps a skewed sample, but still….

Thanks for this blog, Gene. Fascinating stuff.

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