"Is it fair for me to say that television should have a place with art when it comes to philosophy?"
I personally don't watch TV as often as most people my age do. My parents encouraged me to do something more productive. But to answer Sarah's question, I believe television is another example of an art form. You might think that it's just something you watch and get hypnotized into the program, but don't forget to think of the production process and everything that comes with the entertainment.
Today in class we discussed about aesthetic satisfaction in making art. When comparing this to television, I think of the producers and screenwriters who had put this television program together get the satisfaction of accomplishment and knowing that millions of people who watch this television program.
This goes along with advertising on TV also. The meaninglessness advertisements many people see in between shows and football games sometimes have that purpose of catching the audience's attention and keeping it to the end where it would leave the audience hanging as to what the advertisement had to do with the product they are selling. I actually like to watch advertisements from progressive with the sales woman named Flo. The person who created this add made it so that the point was made while still keeping the audience's attention.
I also believe that good art is something that can capture ones eye and emotionally satisfies the viewer's eyes. If this includes television and advertising, than those, too, are also a form of art.
Here is another commercial from Progressive:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPhq_gC9pZs
Do you personally think advertising and television should be or is another form of art? Why?
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