While teens are "beyond televisions" as the single medium in their life. It's an important part of their life, and MTV has adapted to be more than just a channel. On the service, it is the bands that is the message for MTV. And, it is about integrating advertising messages in a new way, in a different way. It's a way for the advertisers to connect with their audience - it becomes a part of the show.
So, listening to MTV, all I can think is ... wait. This is just exploitive in a way marketing to people that are not mature enough to differentiate between content and advertising. It's taking advantage of kids that are not mentally mature enough to understand what they are seeing (because, let's be honest - the MTV audience is tweens, not teens.) It's a total lack of transparency, lack of caring of the community - and that is what the audience will eventually sniff out. Or, the fact that MTV is all about exploitation (Real World, Road Rules, The Hills, Super Sweet Sixteen ... and on and on and on.)
"the audience will eventually sniff out"
ReplyDeleteOr, will it be "taught" that, that approach is okay, acceptable, proper?
Then, that audience will continue to trust advertising and marketing much more so than other generations and audience segments?
Regarless, exploiting is a dirty word.
Mike
Mike, I hope they don't see it as appropriate or okay, ever.
ReplyDeleteIt was exploitive, and it was icky.