Lo Siu Cheung, Matthew (10582992)


Title: The productivity of Online Fans

The higher the living standard is, the better service people want to have. In this article, the producers, audience and the fans are the main key points about which the writer wanted to talk. The webpage created by the fans, TWoP and the official webpage made by the producers are some examples of what I can find in it. A countless number of people provide prompt feedback after watching TV programs to these writers or scriptwriters in these online fan sites. 

 

In this essay, I will argue that whether these fan sites are effectively means to air their grievances about TV programs as well as the sentiments from audiences. Some blogs, however, allow people to browse the website and leave comments only.  

 

Not only does this article discuss how these websites help audience comment on TV programs, but it also mentions the labor power of the fans where they can rethink the plot of them. Once the fans become a spokesperson, they can encourage others to watch or join this public sphere and the discussion together with the producers.

 

Passive and active viewership are also discussed here where the active viewership does not only receive the message from the media, but it also can relate to the personal and social contexts.

 

Numerous TV program companies also create some discussion forums or official websites for improving their innovation and services. As we all know, TVB has its own discussion platform for audiences to ask questions or some comments about that program.

 

If some audience want to ask some questions about their programs, who can help them? Maybe they can be answered by other users but not their staff. We may think that the discussion platform becomes useless since everyone turns a blind eye to their comments.

 

Though the formation of these official websites does help TV producers a little bit, if they always ignore comments, then what is the significance of these platforms?

 

Just take, Korea programs, as an example, you will get a clear picture of it. Korea TV programmers just keep broadcasting soap operas, whereas their producers are more concerned about comments on programs. Their directors, therefore, can surly make some changes to the production from these comments, and thus lots of audience can be attracted by these significant changes, or even TV program companies can increase their income too.