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Armenian TV Soaps Hypnotize Viewers
Mаry Mamyan
hetq
14:40, September 10, 2011
During a press conference today on TV soap operas in Armenia and their
effect on viewers, Zhirayr Dadasyan, Director of the State Pantomime
Theater and Deputy Director of the State TV and Radio Commission,
stated that while the genre is an accepted one with a place on the TV
dial, there are issues related to content that must be addressed.
Dadasyan stated that the genre has its specific rules but that they
are being violated in Armenia.
`TV soaps directly resemble a sort of hypnosis,' said Ruben Babayan,
who touts himself as a dance psychologist and someone possessing
`extra-sensory' powers.
Babayan said that negative influences not only exist in the soaps buy
throughout TV programs in Armenia in general.
He argued that TV soaps convey thoughts that directly infiltrate into
the viewers' subconscious mind, making them more receptive to outside
control.
`The soaps even result in a zombification of the viewer,' said Babayan.
Dadasyan argued that the TV audience is being force-fed such
programming and that viewers would gladly watch better quality
broadcasts if given the chance.
He said that actors accept roles in the soaps for the money and that
often script writers are individuals who have only read one or two
books in their entire lives.
Dadasyan said it was a national tragedy that the `rabiz' mentality had
infiltrated TV programming and supported a ban on such manifestations
of vulgar street language and behavior.
Mаry Mamyan
hetq
14:40, September 10, 2011
During a press conference today on TV soap operas in Armenia and their
effect on viewers, Zhirayr Dadasyan, Director of the State Pantomime
Theater and Deputy Director of the State TV and Radio Commission,
stated that while the genre is an accepted one with a place on the TV
dial, there are issues related to content that must be addressed.
Dadasyan stated that the genre has its specific rules but that they
are being violated in Armenia.
`TV soaps directly resemble a sort of hypnosis,' said Ruben Babayan,
who touts himself as a dance psychologist and someone possessing
`extra-sensory' powers.
Babayan said that negative influences not only exist in the soaps buy
throughout TV programs in Armenia in general.
He argued that TV soaps convey thoughts that directly infiltrate into
the viewers' subconscious mind, making them more receptive to outside
control.
`The soaps even result in a zombification of the viewer,' said Babayan.
Dadasyan argued that the TV audience is being force-fed such
programming and that viewers would gladly watch better quality
broadcasts if given the chance.
He said that actors accept roles in the soaps for the money and that
often script writers are individuals who have only read one or two
books in their entire lives.
Dadasyan said it was a national tragedy that the `rabiz' mentality had
infiltrated TV programming and supported a ban on such manifestations
of vulgar street language and behavior.