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We have the same system in Brazil. People are watching soap opera at home, then all channels cut to a long string of short (<1 min) presentations for all candid
by BoppreH 15y ago
We have the same system in Brazil. People are watching soap opera at home, then all channels cut to a long string of short (<1 min) presentations for all candidates. Most of them are trashy.
The main problem is that people just turn the TV off for that period, and the candidates battle for the other TV spots.
Maybe targeted online ads could help this. Imagine Google helping select candidates based on your profile, like they do with other advertisement.
- pgeorgi 15y agoIn Germany, it's not one long string of all candidates, but the TV channels have certain slots between shows that are semi-randomly assigned (semi-randomly in that each spot is shown equally often), with one party per slot. That way it's a fair chance for every candidate, and people have less an incentive to turn off the TV - it's just one ad, after all.