This American Life

I kinda get the idea, but not personally

The formal abstraction of the shapes is a powerful method of conveying this. Instead of seeing an actual fight we see circles beating circles.

It's almost more powerful.

How halirious:P

great job!

being a celebrated eyewitness takes no real effort. it's fun and fashionable to be a tragi-porn groupie.

ordinary people doing the right thing on a daily basis doesn't get the ratings.

It's not the media, per se, I think.
Leonardo da Vinci could have painted Mona Lisa's Armpit but he selected something else.
He loved life and respected certain virtues, so naturally he chose what he chose on that basis.
The word 'pimp' wasn't always synonymous with 'fashionable', either.

Amazing! I just read about half of your comments, and it didn't occur to a single ONE of you to even mentioned the naked truth about kids (and adults as well) just plain being potentially cruel to each other. There ARE kids who break up fights and others who don't, there are kids who go and tell and teachers who interrupt the fight, and some don't. The camera is a useful analogy that links the issue to our media society, period. It's just a point of view to get you going, and it did!

Oh, I "got it" I just think what "it" is, is absolute bullshit. The camera has NOTHING to do with the way the people are reacting.

you are fucking stupid actually, and you missed the point.

what is the song in the background ?
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I don't know if I would say that this is only an American problem; people do this all over the world. I'm especially thinking of Asia, but it happens anywhere someone has a camera phone.

That said, it is a sad problem. I don't know what we can really do about it though...