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无聊至死?我们如何消费媒体

无聊至死?我们如何消费媒体

根据大多数人的估算,韩国是世界上网络最发达的社会。韩国享有的虚拟普及网络接入,在速度和价格上都是美国人只能梦想的。

但这种易获得性付出了高昂的代价:据官方政府预计,将近2百万韩国人可以被描述为“网瘾人士”。

现在,“瘾”这个词在当代文化中出现很多,但你会叫下面这个什么呢:一对韩国的夫妇不断离开他们的寓所,去一家网吧,花一整晚玩一个网络游戏。一天晚上他们回来,发现3个月大的女儿由于营养不良和脱水而死。

这是在首尔真实发生的故事。虽然这是个极端例子,但同类型的事情很多,只是程度不同。公共广播公司(PBS)有一集“前线”(Frontline)节目展示,韩国孩子在政府资助的康复中心尝试戒掉自己对网络的依赖,但大多数都是徒劳。

我们可以从韩国的经历中学到许多教训,但我只说一个:我们错误地认为媒体天生是价值中立的,并且任何伤害只是来自于使用它的方式。

改述温斯顿·丘吉尔(Winston Churchill)的话说,我们塑造了媒体,之后媒体塑造了我们。不仅是通过媒体描述和告诉我们的内容,还在于它不断灌输给消费者的习惯和性情。

我并没有在说很新的东西:1989年,肯·迈尔斯(Ken Myers)在“All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes”(所有神的儿女和蓝色羊皮鞋)一书中写道,关心流行文化的基督徒应该像关心内容一样关心媒体激起的情感。

流行文化,强调最新最快,依赖于即时可访问性,消费方式随意、消磨时间,正在改变我们。不是变得更好,我们变得更少沉思,更没有耐心、容易无聊。结果是迈尔斯所说的,一种“文化记忆的丧失,对未来和过去承诺的丧失。”

23年之后,迈尔斯看起来过于乐观了。基督徒很擅长“嗅出”媒体的反感内容,但我们多数人没有注意到媒体和流行文化对我们情感的影响。

就拿“容易无聊”这点来说:你在派队的时候会禁不住看一眼你的智能手机屏幕吗?当然你会。

有孩子的人毫无疑问会注意到,“多重任务执行”在他们消费媒体的方式中没有被正确处理。美国孩子平均把近11个小时的媒体内容挤压在7.5小时内消费:同时消费多个媒体流成为了原则,而不是例外情形。

这不是说他们就更擅长处理信息--研究实际上显示相反的结论--他们如韩国的孩子一样在某种程度上需要刺激。他们变得“无聊”的临界点被他们所消费的媒体重新校正了。

其实不需要这样。我们当中40岁或以上的人,可以记得,我们不需要在派队时盯着手机的那个时代。我回忆不起来我们特别无聊。

这不是怀旧--这是理解:被弯曲的情感是可以被理顺的。“怎么办?”下一期节目的主题就是这个。

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