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>It’s not like we can stop the media from reporting on such things. Sure you can. Stop watching it. Tell your friends to stop watching it and why. The media no

>It’s not like we can stop the media from reporting on such things. Sure you can. Stop watching it. Tell your friends to stop watching it and why. The media nowadays is all about going over the top and sensationalizing things because that's what gets the eyeballs on the screens and that's where the advertisements get them money. Hurt their wallets and they'll stop.

avgDev 7y ago
This will never work IMO. Media has done the work, the work is based on science. Some people are turned off by current news media but they know more eye balls will tune in if it is over the top. These companies are exploiting human nature. We cannot hurt their wallets because generally people don't care. Maybe eventually humans will change. However, once they notice different trends they will adopt. They don't care either, they just maximizing profits. It is simple really.
- dpkonofa 7y ago
  This is exactly my point. The only way this will change is when it's profitable to do the right thing.
pixelbath 7y ago
Ok, I didn't watch it. I described it as "some teen drama series glorifying a girl who commits suicide" whenever the show was mentioned. I advised my kids (who are nearly adult age) that they shouldn't even bother with it (they didn't watch it). Did it work? There is far too much momentum behind mass-market media for this nearly passive resistance to be effective. Things like "'13 Reasons Why' linked to 29% increase in in teen suicides 1 month later" have far more impact and are more effective. Public outrage seems to work, for better or worse.
- dpkonofa 7y ago
  >this nearly passive resistance to be effective My entire point is to be active about the resistance. Don't just stop using something. Tell others to stop using and say why. Cease any and all contact with that media channel. The only way this works is when the right thing to do also happens to be the profitable thing to do.
siruncledrew 7y ago
The sentiment of exercising personal willpower to not do something is admirable, but if the "Just Say No" approach actually worked like in theory, then we wouldn't have these opioid epidemics either.
- dpkonofa 7y ago
  I'm not saying "Just Say No". I'm saying do everything in your power to hurt them in their wallets. These giant media corporations don't care about anything else except what makes them money.

avgDev 7y ago

This will never work IMO. Media has done the work, the work is based on science. Some people are turned off by current news media but they know more eye balls will tune in if it is over the top. These companies are exploiting human nature. We cannot hurt their wallets because generally people don't care. Maybe eventually humans will change. However, once they notice different trends they will adopt. They don't care either, they just maximizing profits. It is simple really.

dpkonofa 7y ago
This is exactly my point. The only way this will change is when it's profitable to do the right thing.

pixelbath 7y ago

Ok, I didn't watch it. I described it as "some teen drama series glorifying a girl who commits suicide" whenever the show was mentioned. I advised my kids (who are nearly adult age) that they shouldn't even bother with it (they didn't watch it). Did it work? There is far too much momentum behind mass-market media for this nearly passive resistance to be effective. Things like "'13 Reasons Why' linked to 29% increase in in teen suicides 1 month later" have far more impact and are more effective. Public outrage seems to work, for better or worse.

dpkonofa 7y ago
>this nearly passive resistance to be effective My entire point is to be active about the resistance. Don't just stop using something. Tell others to stop using and say why. Cease any and all contact with that media channel. The only way this works is when the right thing to do also happens to be the profitable thing to do.

siruncledrew 7y ago

The sentiment of exercising personal willpower to not do something is admirable, but if the "Just Say No" approach actually worked like in theory, then we wouldn't have these opioid epidemics either.

dpkonofa 7y ago
I'm not saying "Just Say No". I'm saying do everything in your power to hurt them in their wallets. These giant media corporations don't care about anything else except what makes them money.