Between the desire to break the state of anxiety and anticipation created by the repercussions of the emergence of the emerging corona virus, curiosity of the viewer, lack of awareness and the desire to escape from reality, the answers of the readers of «Emirates Today» about the poll, which was published by the newspaper on its social media platforms, about «the reasons The success of the landfill programs, despite the criticism it receives.
A large segment of readers emphasized that success is not associated with high viewership rates, as a program or artwork may achieve unprecedented viewership rates, but it remains bad though, warning of the devastating impact of these programs in society, while at the same time mercy on the "hidden camera" days , And other programs that were not intentionally abusing or torturing anyone.
While a number of respondents underestimated the importance of the topic, considering that the viewer is in control of the matter and can easily ignore these programs, a large segment warned of the impact of these programs on the behavior of their viewers, children and adolescents, as this group tends mostly to imitate what you see from Strange situations, and the result that can result in the commission of serious crimes by some teenagers, in addition to what these programs contribute to, the viewers ’habit of violence, the exchange of insults and the abuse of others’ rights.
To escape from Corona
The reader, Abdel Hamid Mohamed, considered that the defect lies in the lack of social and scientific culture, and the review of purposeful and useful content, whether on television screens, or through social networking sites, which no longer provide only news of marriage and divorce of artists, indicating «the absence of programs to support scientific talents, which we need To it now in this crisis ».
And he blamed most of the responsibility in this matter on the viewers: "We are the ones who watch and raise the value of this content. If we ignore it, these programs will become extinct."
Whereas, the reader Muhammad Diab attributed the success of these programs to people searching for entertainment, after media pressure about the new Corona virus, and its news and repercussions, or the sad world news in general.
He added that the previous landfill programs were more spontaneous, and were free of danger and abuse, such as "hidden camera", "pitfalls", and "smile with Osama", and others, and if they returned again in a modern way, people would turn towards them, and they would ignore the paid landfill programs , And empty form and content, which does not originally fit the holy month, he says.
The absence of role models
For its part, the reader Asmaa Ahmed attributed the reason for the popularity of this type of program to the absence of role models and goals among young people, and the state of loss that has become dominant over some, along with the desire of many to escape from their reality by creating a parallel reality, through social networking sites and dramas.
As for the reader, Mimo Muhammad, he linked in his commentary these programs on the one hand, and the age group on the other hand, indicating that most of the viewers of these programs are from the category of children and adolescents, or who are at the beginning of the youth stage, and they are the largest group in terms of numbers in the Arab world They are also the target group of destructive and absurd programs. On the other hand, most critics of this type of program are adults, who have become a bit of a maturity. The same thing was mentioned by the reader Nabil Ahmed, who explained in his participation that rejection from a segment of viewers, is matched by another segment that does not find objection to the presentation of these programs, and a larger segment loves pranks, and delights in the torment of the guests of the program, pointing out that there are international programs that can be compared to the «Ramez» program An official madman, like the "Al-Hosn" program, which is a Chinese competitions program, that depends on exposing its participants to harmful pranks, and the public loves that and laughs at it. Nabil pointed out that seeking behind the number of views, and attracting advertisements and propaganda, will increase the dissonance in society.
Psychological studies
Some of the participants in the Emirates Today poll, on “the reasons for the success of the landfill programs, despite the criticism that they encounter,” saw that this quality contributes to spreading the idea that causing others to panic, terrify and threaten their safety is funny and acceptable humanly and socially, which threatens Ethics of society as a whole.
Some called for psychological and social studies, on the changes that landfill programs can cause.
Abdul Hamid Mohamed:
"The flaw lies in the lack of scientific culture, and the decline of meaningful and useful content on screens and communication sites."
Memo Muhammad:
"Most of the viewers of these programs are children and adolescents, or they are young adults."
Nabel Ahmed:
"The pursuit of views and the attracting of ads will lead to an increase in cacophony in society."
Asma Ahmad:
"The popularity of these programs is due to the desire of many to escape from their reality by finding a parallel reality."
We are the ones who watch, and raise the value of the content, if we ignore it, it becomes extinct.
Concerns about the impact of these programs on the behavior of children and teenagers.