For information, the show was presented to the participants as a pilot : "Nothing to win, we are just testing a new show". And at the end of a game, psychologists were here to speak with each participant and to explain them what's going one. They don't let them go.
The result of this experiment was diffused on French TV this week but not as a show but as a documentary. And after it, a discussion about it was organized with media experts, psychologists, historians,... The subjects were about "How and why human can be so easily manipulated by an authority?" and "How far television can go in their shows?".
And of course, the experiment was based and the Milgram's one.
I suppose that one of the aim of this experiment was to prove that the television has gained an enormous power and can have a real impact on spectators.
The second part of this documentary was diffused yesterday with the title "Available brain time". It come from a sentence of the director of the first French TV channel, TF1. He said: "What we sold to Coca-Cola is available human brain time". This second part of the documentary explain how TV shows evolved in the past years for a main goal: Audience. But to gain audience, the shows are more and more "trash" and ethic has been thrown away.
For anything you do, don't let others switch off your brain and use it every where you can, even reading this comment :)
And at the end of a game, psychologists were here to speak with each participant and to explain them what's going one. They don't let them go.
The result of this experiment was diffused on French TV this week but not as a show but as a documentary. And after it, a discussion about it was organized with media experts, psychologists, historians,... The subjects were about "How and why human can be so easily manipulated by an authority?" and "How far television can go in their shows?".
And of course, the experiment was based and the Milgram's one.
I suppose that one of the aim of this experiment was to prove that the television has gained an enormous power and can have a real impact on spectators.
The second part of this documentary was diffused yesterday with the title "Available brain time". It come from a sentence of the director of the first French TV channel, TF1. He said: "What we sold to Coca-Cola is available human brain time". This second part of the documentary explain how TV shows evolved in the past years for a main goal: Audience. But to gain audience, the shows are more and more "trash" and ethic has been thrown away.
For anything you do, don't let others switch off your brain and use it every where you can, even reading this comment :)