Our Role as Television Consumers

Our role as television consumers, to the media, is to fall for their advertisements. That commercial for the mascara that will make your eyelashes look miles long? We should fall for it. Our role as television consumers and users should be to question what we see.

Back to the mascara thing, every time I try new mascara that I’ve seen on TV, I’m disappointed with the results. My lashes don’t look nearly as long and thick as the girl from TV. That’s because I don’t wear fake eyelashes. Advertisements manipulate us into thinking we’ll look the same way. Really, we just need to question what we’re seeing.

This doesn’t just happen with mascara commercials. It can be with product placements on shows, or commercials for just about anything. When were watching TV it is our job to decide for ourselves whether we agree or disagree with what we’re seeing. People need to make their own opinions on products and subjects, not just believe all that they see.

The role of a television consumer/user, is really just to think about what their watching and form their own opinions.