Monday, 26 June 2017

Research - Steven Barnett

Steven Barnett's Theory:

  • He has a theory about television and its need to broadcast things that get ratings instead of serious documentaries that inform and teach the public of major events in history and the future. 
  • He believes that documentaries have been 'dumbed down' for audiences since this is what people have become used to. There are claims that this shows television being 'cheap' and being more concerned about getting 'ratings' instead showing useful or important documentaries. This is his idea of 'Disneyfictaion'.


Below is  a screenshot of his twitter, in which he regularly uses to share his thoughts about politics and media. This is very interesting as it also links with the topic of my documentary, so some of his tweets I can look deeper into in order to use in my documentary. I can also try to link his tweets to his theory, to also incorporate into my documentary.

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