Today, I have read a Thai newspaper and found that there are any substances in it. After that, I watched TV similar to the newspaper, TV programs are repeatedly. Every channel has soap opera. Consequently, I was hit as I read "Chinese minister blasts 'vulgar' media" in BBC News.
China's culture minister has blamed the broadcaster and publishers in china that what they produce is "vulgar and kitsch" that mean their works are lack of good taste. He blamed it on rising of market economy in china that came along with money-worship and materialism. Now a day, a great number of books, movies and TV drama programs was created every year, however they were hardly regarded as classics.
In my point of view, this problem also happens in Thailand or even around the world. In a materialism Era, money is god. To preserve cultures we have to separate money value from artistic value. It is not easy to produce a master piece of art same as to a piece of media. Government should support broadcaster and publisher in originality and pay more attention to culture in production outputs.
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China's culture minister has blamed the broadcaster and publishers in china that what they produce is "vulgar and kitsch" that mean their works are lack of good taste. He blamed it on rising of market economy in china that came along with money-worship and materialism. Now a day, a great number of books, movies and TV drama programs was created every year, however they were hardly regarded as classics.
In my point of view, this problem also happens in Thailand or even around the world. In a materialism Era, money is god. To preserve cultures we have to separate money value from artistic value. It is not easy to produce a master piece of art same as to a piece of media. Government should support broadcaster and publisher in originality and pay more attention to culture in production outputs.
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References
Chinese minister blasts 'vulgar' media. (2010, August 6). BBC News. Retrieved August 8, 2010 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10898582
Nan,
ReplyDeleteThat article also caught my eye, so I'm glad someone has chosen it to blog on and respond to. I think that both the Chinese government's outbursts and your response are very common ideas about cultural decline, modern materialist culture, and declining moral values.
And I want to give your classmates a chance to share their ideas on the issues you have raised before giving my own.
For now, I mainly just wanted to say "thank you" for choosing that article and responding to it here. (It's also nice and short!)
Nan,
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, you can't blame only the media or the "money-worship and materialism" era because the media just produce what many people want. They survive by their rating and the rating is base upon the people. So if the people aren't support good programs there is no point in produce a good one.
In korea, poeple often say " Art can give a meal. it means, Do the way which could make money as this world seems to make us that way.
ReplyDeleteI feel so sad about that. but I did not have any efforts for that.Or i just did follow to see which is given us assistance for a job, fun.
But with government's support or if we get a interest in a art, we can change a lot.
Nan,
ReplyDeleteI think It seems like money matters in every parts of business because they might think about demand, supply and profit only but they might not concerns about how much it effects to their culture in long terms.
I rarely see Kid-program on Thai local tv. I always have a discussion on this issue with my mom. She said whoever were born in this 2000 gens, they have to consume those daily dramas without any choices which is bad for their creativity. Poor them
Nan (@ August 8, 2010 3:24 PM),
ReplyDeleteI think people, even kids, do have a choice. We can always choose not to watch TV. I've gotten along well without watching it for the last 30 years or more.
I think that TV is great for people who like sport since they can watch live coverage of sporting events, but it's pretty useless otherwise, and things like news reports, Discovery Channel and so on are some of the worst rubbish on TV. At least soap operas, game shows and other entertainment programs don't falsely pretend to be informative. I prefer to get my entertainment from DVDs because they are more convenient: I can watch them at any time, and there are no distracting advertisements.
What do you think is worth watching on TV?
I agree that we should not blame the TV channels for any problems; they are just providing what their customers demand. And it seems that a lot customers demand rubbish. (I don't think that's necessarily bad - the action films I generally prefer to watch are not especially deep or meaningful either; they're just fun.)
I do understand the way market system is, somehow, money is just one factor. If people concern about culture and artistic, the producer would be produce them.I just hope that in this century, some pieces of art that reconized as classic and value enough to pass on them to the next generation.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, TV programe is up to rateing. You will can want any kind of programe in TV if you have power to make programe.Because I think producer will can make any kind of programe to interesting, fresh, excite if they take effort to that programes enough such as Fan Pang tae;the programe that can say is programe about greek, but most of producer is lazy and no creative thinking so they can not thing plot of program that difference from high rateing in the past.because of that a new issue such as original culture will be present with boring pattern now.
ReplyDeleteI also give up for Thai TV programs too because I don't like to spend time watching TV. I do watch some but prefer watch online. I think they never change or have improvement for at least 10 years! It might be because they produce up to their demand. And, if they(Thai) do not change, how the programs could change? Then it is your choice Nan, you can choose not to watch them and become out of subject among friends....like me ;) haha
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