Frisby confirms that the storylines in soap operas keep viewers company People, therefore, turn to soap operas for the companionship they offer. Russel notes that soaps allow viewers to form relationships with characters over time Another reason for the popularity of soap operas is that the audience can relate to some of the issues the characters in the program face.
Brennan explains that many soap opera characters face difficulties involving a relationship with a lover, friend, or family member Many people in the real world experience these difficulties. The audience can, therefore, easily become interested in and sympathize with the situation of the soap opera characters.
Finally, soap operas are popular since they provide information for social and personal interaction. Humans are social creatures, and interactions with each other is an important aspect of life.
Soap operas focus on the interactions among people in various situations Riegel Many viewers, therefore, watch this genre in order to get information on how to interact in social and personal situations Frisby This essay set out to show why soap operas are popular with many people. The essay has shown that these programs are popular since they are entertaining, help keep individuals company, have relatable characters, and they provide information on social interactions.
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Chat Now Use Messenger Send us an email. When you open our site, we enable cookies to improve your experience. Staying here means your agreement with it. Previous Next. I think for serious viewers, watching the soaps will leave you depressed, manipulative, imitative, with anxiety and late doing what needs to be done like picking the kids up from school or getting somewhere on time.
I have watched them since the first day they aired and I suspect I will watch them until I can't watch them anymore. My attraction to them in the beginning was that their storylines were closer to real life than the other soaps. But, now they are way out of line with reality.
I watch them now to see how far the writers will take a story line before reeling it back to reflect reality. I watch soaps when I don't feel like doing anything else. It's not real life, so like Calgon, it takes me away for a while. By the way, congratulations on receiving Hub of the Day.
I've been watching soaps for many years since I was 12 years old. The same can be said for US soaps, since we're down to four. I like, Days of Our Lives. Would I have watched this and Another World if I hadn't sat and watched them when I was a young girl with my mom and sister?
Probably not. Another World is off the air, now. Sometimes they are so far off from realistic but I must say, with in the last few months it seems like they have discovered a new writer for my show because the drama is a considerable improvement, with extreme emotions brought out by the same characters that the show has had on for some time now and more true to real life.
I love movies and I love the traditional watching of the one Soap Opera that I have left. It gives my sister and I a few more things to talk about, considering we neither one find it sporty to talk about real people and their lives. Rest in peace Mom, whom started it off in my close-knit family.
Thanks, Polly C, for sharing your topic and the chance for me to leave my comment. Most people watch soap operas because those character's lives are so much more messed up than our own It's a escape from reality, as we watch them in all kinds of crazy situations and intrigue.. Congrats on HOTD!
Soap operas are pretty popular in the US, too, although there are fewer than there used to be as talk shows seem to have taken over daytime TV. I watched Days of Our Lives with my mom when I was a kid, and I still get hooked on it now and then through the years. You raise an important issue here. I don't watch soap operas because I do not enjoy them much especially the long and never ending ones.
But many of my family and friends do enjoy and as you said never miss a single episode. I think it is an individual choice. Some like watching television shows others enjoy reading or engaging in some outdoor activity. One of the great things I used to love about Brit soaps were the prominence of the everyday person. There seems to have been a shift, however, in more attractive people and characters who could almost fit on US soap opera. Hi Caroline - well, I don't know much about latino soaps but they definitely sound like great stress relievers and a great contrast to the often rather bleak scenarios portrayed on British Soaps!
Thank you for sharing your views :. Hi Eddy - Eastenders is my main weakness since I have watched it from the first episode and it is now too much of a habit for me to stop! I haven't managed to get into Emmerdale. I think Coronation Street is probably the all-time Queen of the Soaps though, isn't it?
I'm sure my grandmother watched it from the very beginning right until the end of her life when she was Nice post, for me I only follow latino soap operas, also called telenovelas, why? I guess muscular bodies and sexy spanish accents take away some of the office stress and then I can sleep like a baby! I only watch Coronation Street and Emmerdale and have done so for as long back as I can remember. I so enjoyed this hub and now look forward to so many more by you. Daytime Divas - thank you for sharing your views, it was very interesting to read of your opinion.
I know some males like watching soaps because I often have my 12 year old son watching on the sofa next to me! Those in the US might well have different thoughts on the subject and it is great to learn of those. Many thanks for stopping and sharing your perspective :. Watching soaps is definitely a predominantly female past time. To be fair though, there are some very devoted male soap opera fans. For me, I watch soap operas because they aren't realistic.
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