While our culture reflects aspects of television and pop culture, such as fashion, how we act and perceive ourselves, and the idea of characters relating different ideals, there is also a deeper interaction that underlies the way people relate to TV. In my last Instagram blog, I posted a picture about the Oscars and how fashion is one way in which our culture reflects things we see on TV. This idea can be represented in a picture, but behind the picture there are interactions occurring among people that we do not see. As Alison Alexander states in the article Exploring Media in Everyday Life, families spend a lot of time in front of the television which partially “defines the context within which family interaction occurs and therefore helps determine the meaning of that interaction” (56). So, not just families, but any group of people, could be watching the Oscars and having deeper interactions, not only about what they are viewing, but about other things specific to their lives.
I posted a picture about the show Modern Family, which reflects how families are different in our culture today. Seeing a picture of the cast along with the caption allows others to be able to take in what you have posted and think about what you have said. This allows for connections with other people, but it is the underlying interactions that may revolve around people watching the show that you do not get to see on Instagram. People might be having a discussion about family roles and values and how they relate to the show. It is another way that interactions occur and people’s varying relationships with television are revealed.
Works Cited
Alexander, Alison. “Exploring Media in Everyday Life.” Communication
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