After looking at these two sources, I could continue researching ideas related to the topic. I think going beyond just these two sources would give me a clearer idea of what people feel about interactive voting and whether or not they want to see more reality based storylines for TV dramas. I think the next step would be to compile a questionnaire with points which are raised from the journal and book I looked at already. What would people’s reaction be to creating an interactive voting system for television soaps? Would it be worthwhile? I would also like to know whether the public would watch more television soaps if they had more realistic storylines.
Within the questionnaire I could also include some ideas for future episodes and ask television viewers which one they would pick and why, as well as finding out how much they care about the social issues raised in soaps at the moment? Would they want them to be more realistic? Or does the audience prefer the melodramatic and televised perception of reality? Does it create more excitement? Finding out where people get their beliefs from and what influences them to believe the judgements they make could also be interesting. Do people actually think about their judgements before making them?
Would introducing this interactive voting system create a big enough impact for making television soaps stickier? Or do people see interactive voting as being pointless because they believe so many other people are voting and their vote won’t make a difference to the final result? Collating reactions to interactive voting that exists already in game shows would be interesting to learn about.
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