Monday, November 5, 2007

Research Paper Topic

Okay, so I forgot to post my theses last week, but I would still like some comments on them so:

I would like to write about the effect of entertainment industry on the news industry. I think that television programs and movies are catering to an audience with an ever-shrinking attention span, which has a negative effect on the quality of the news. The news has to adapt by becoming more interesting and appealing.

I would also like to include in this paper the fact that the news is greatly affected by consumers who supposedly can not pay attention for more than 10 seconds. I feel like I have to prove this for my paper, because otherwise the attention span of consumers would be meaningless.

1] Modern entertainment, specifically television programming, has decreased the attention span of consumers and, as a result, damaged the overall quality of the news.
2] As a result of a decrease in the quality of television programming as well news consumers having a greater effect on the news market, the quality of the news has significantly decreased.
3] The nature of modern television programming has transformed the nature of today's news and has negatively impacted the quality.