The average American watches up to 34 hours of television per week, as of 2011.
That’s a huge number considering the availability of the
World Wide Web these days. And that’s just the average amount; we’re still not
including the percentages of couch potatoes across the nation.
Despite having the Internet (and
the world) at our fingertips, television is still an important aspect in
delivering abundant information and providing entertainment. In fact, the role
of television is beyond that. It offers an insight into what the society is
like. It gives you an idea of what the national character is like through the
TV programs offered in that country.
You can imagine a person sitting
right in front of the television, eating their meals or aimlessly flicking
through channels, looking for the right show. A housewife might enjoy a drama,
a working class officer might be watching news on the TV screen while eating
lunch at his favourite restaurant and a middle school girl might be watching a
music program with her friends.
But what is it like in the other
side of the world?
What are they watching and what
kinds of programs are offered?
This is what our blog aims to do. To show what TV programs look like in two different countries, to analyse and to differentiate what makes the country and the people unique. Perhaps, we might also find that we are not so different at all.
