Bertrand Russel
When my cousin came from overseas she watched the gossip television shows and the gossip news. Even though she can’t speak Greek fluently I was amazed with how much she could understand when she watched this gossip show over dinner. She told me that she is amazed that these shows came to Greece finally as in Latin America they exist for more than 10 years. She said it as if it was the most natural thing, a part of a culture and a sign of progression and modernity.
My problem is not so much that many people enjoy watching these gossip shows as they can exercise their personal choices. Theorists claim that gossip is something that facilitates communication and consequently we all become frequently the carriers of rumors. What annoys me is the way that we gossip . The gossip shows and the gossip news and in particularly a Greek channel have taken a different turn recently. The "journalists" that present them are not only gossiping but also they devalue, disrespect and frequently are immoral towards the people that they gossip. They have become hate mediums in which one day they love a celebrity and idealize them and the other day they devalue him so much that can easily destroy their career. I feel that by watching these shows with this hateful comments we even encourage them to be even more spiteful and hateful. Not to mention the power and control that these gossip "journalists" have.
I think that the constant exposition to such hateful comments can have an impact to society as a whole. I think that we become more tolerant to hate and we too make really cruel and unjustified remarks for no reason and without evidence. I hear people condemning one another more frequently. Furthermore, we have forgotten the possibility that the gossip we hear could be just a false rumor and we tend to believe that the gossip we heard is an actual fact.
Gossip is a part of our lives and the extent from which we exercise varies from one individual to another. Without a doubt it has a function as it serves as a form of communication. However, we as society have surpassed the stage of gossip and have turned to the stage of immorality. The gossip is not bad by itself but the way it is exercised recently makes me really worried and angry.
11 comments:
Like most other things, gossip has been twisted into an alternative reality by the media and - most importantly - by the shallowness of people.
K (www.sarampalis.org)
You are so right! In the past I was surprised when I was watching somebody gossiping others in a hateful way. Now, I'm used to it and I don't even care.
The solution of course is to close the tv but unfortunately, we encounter bad and hateful gossiping everywhere.
φαλτσες ζωες.και φαιες.προς το μαυρο.
Without gossip, there would left so few things to talk about daily. However it should not be the main topic of the conversations, eaither; it should only be the starter of them. And again, when gossipping, do people must talk about the bad and delusive things? Of course no, but seemingly it is the most popular type of gossiping.tb
This kind of gossip appeals to the worst aspects of our soul
Εμένα αυτό που μου κάνει εντύπωση είναι όλοι αυτοί οι τύποι οι οποίοι δηλώνουν "δημοσιογράφοι" και παίρνουν ύφος πολεμικού ανταποκριτή CNN περιγράφωντας το πού έβγαλε βόλτα το σκύλο της η τάδε τραγουδίστρια.
δε φταίει κανείς άλλος παρά ο κόσμος που τα βλέπει.
Όπως είπες και εσύ και αυτό είναι μέρος της ζωής... αρκεί να μην είναι κακό για συγκεκριμένους ανθρώπους..
Βασικά διαφωνώ με αυτόν που είπε ότι χωρίς κουτσμπολιό δεν θα είχαμε για τι να μιλήσουμε!
Εγώ μιλάω με πολλά άτομα (πάνω από 10) γι ώρες ολόκληρες χωρίς να κουτσομπολέυουμε,ή έστω κουτσομπολεύοντας ελάχιστα για να ξεφύγουμε από τη συζήτητηση!
Το κακό είναι ότι το κουτσομπολιό δεν είναι μόνο στην τηλεόραση όπου θεωρείται το πλεόν πεταμένο μέσο των ΜΜΕ,αλλά έχει μπει και σε όλα τα ΜΜΕ,και είναι και πραγματικότητα ΠΑΝΤΟΥ.
Εγώ δεν περίμενα ότι στην σχολή μου (Ιατρική) το κουτσομπολιό θα ήταν περισσότερο και χειρότερο από το προάστιο - χωριό που μετακόμισα πρόσφατα (πριν έμενα στο κέντρο σχεδόν της Θεσσαλονίκη).
Τελικά δεν παίζει σημασία ούτε ο βαθμός ούτε το πόσο μορφωμένος είσαι.
Σημασία για το αν θα κουτσομπολεύεις και πώς θα κουτσομπολεύεις,έχει το πόσο σκατά ή πόσο χρυσάφι έχεις μέσα στην ψυχή σου!
το κουτσομπολιό είναι το αλατοπίπερο της ζωής...σίγουρα θέλει και το αλατοπίπερο μέτρο... αν υπερβάλλεις πας καραμπινάτα προς το έλκος και την υπέρταση (των διαποροσωπικών σχέσεων)
not my cup o tea, either. i am allergic to this way of passing time. i would rather read an interesting book, with interestin heroes and exhiting lives. the plain, miserable lives of those who give into gossip, bore me to oblivion.
@apotheosis
you are so right!It does resemble an alternative reality.
@ggk
I like you hear more and more hateful gossip and I think we have become very used to hearing that.
@gorgi
My objections are not concerning gossip but the way that we gossip, that lately we have begun to devalue and disrespect people something portrayed and reinforced by the media.I think that we have a lot of things to talk about and share.We can talk about someone without gossip (gossip involves rumor)
@3 parties
very true...
@storm
αυτο με νευριάζει,μιλάνε με ύφος, λές και αυτο που κάνουν είναι λειτούργημα
@sunshine
ναι κανείς δεν το καταδικάζει
@dimostheni
σε ευχαριστώ που έγραψες κάτι προσωπικό και το μοιράστηκες μαζί μας.Συμφωνώ απόλυτα
@narita
ναι βρε narita αλλά μπορείς να μιλήσεις για κάποιον χωρίς να κρατάς το φτυάρι
@dawkinson
Cheers.i am with you
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