Bourdeu and Tv

Television is one of the most powerful forces of media that we have. As Bourdeu says, “television produces effects which, though with not precident, are completely original.”What I take his statement to mean is that television is one of the only mediums that we have that produces material that is like nothing else we ever see. The best example that he uses is the news. He uses the example of French news and says that it is the only medium to bring people together than news papers. News programs, mainly local ones, come on at exactly the same time each day. The characters, the anchors, are always the same, but the
stories are always different. Collectively, individuals are able to come together, yet remain in their own homes, and watch the same program. It has all real stories and real situations that we as viewers are first exposed to by them. Bourdeu calls this “homoginization.” Whereas newspapers are read at different times, and often show many different points of views for readers. Television news is something that always remains constant, thus making it one of our most effective forms of media.