That 70s Show Analysis

(1) How did you feel as you watched your show? After watching an episode of That ‘70s Show with the requirement to make the noise the audience was making, I felt tired and no longer interested in the show because I was forced to laugh, clap, and make ooh sounds even though I thought a scene didn’t need it. Also, some scenes in the episode of That ‘70s Show had a laugh track every three seconds, I felt bored because I wasn’t enjoying the episode, but now making noise just for the sake of making noise. (WORD COUNT—Must be at least 75 words, not including the question: XXX)

(2) How have your feelings about the show changed over time? (Do you feel the same way about the show when you watched it for the assignment, compared to how you felt when you saw it as a child?)
(Hint: see lecture 2 for an application of cultivation analysis that doesn’t involve violence.) Albert Bandura’s social learning theory is a theory where we learn from others. If I apply what I learned about the social learning theory to the laugh track sitcom format, I would find everything funny even when a situation is serious. For example, if I failed a test I would angry, but with social learning theory and the laugh track sitcom format, I would find failing a test funny, even though failing isn’t funny. Gerbner’s Cultivation analysis is an analysis where the more we watched T.V., the more we believe in the T.V. reality. If I applied Gerbner’s Cultivation analysis to Modern Family’s “mockumentary” format, I would try make a funny situation out of something serious. For example, if I trip over a rock and broke a bone, I would get angry over it, but try to find a joke about breaking a bone. (WORD COUNT—Must be at least 75 words, not including the question: