“Miley Cyrus” seems to have become synonymous with
controversy over the past few years, after her exploits including pole dancing
at concerts, provocative outfits, public drug use, naked video clips and the
infamous “Blurred Lines” duet with Robin Thicke at the MTV music awards.
The 21-year-old is currently touring in Australia and
appeared on Sunrise (Channel 7, Weekdays 6am-9am) on Monday October 13th. According
to the producers, when they announced she scheduled to appear, they received a
lot of negative feedback. This did not seem to deter them though, as she
featured heavily throughout the show.
This demonstrates how many television stations fail to
consider their audiences and the values they hold. Many community members
consider her songs and style inappropriate for a traditionally family-friendly
morning show, and surely if your viewers are passionate enough about an issue
to go to the effort of contacting you about it, it requires consideration. Maybe
producers were ultimately wooed by the rating potential of her appearance…
Having said that, in the Sydney Morning Herald review, they
reported that "Her high-cut leotard was almost demure ... her language
polite, her answers considered".
Perhaps then society has different values to that which the media perceives us to have? Let us know what you think about Miley’s appearance, and whether you think Sunrise should have listed to the outrage from their viewers?
Perhaps then society has different values to that which the media perceives us to have? Let us know what you think about Miley’s appearance, and whether you think Sunrise should have listed to the outrage from their viewers?
P.S. We retweeted and reposted some of the best response to MileyOnSunrise - check them out at https://twitter.com/RightAtNight and https://www.facebook.com/rightatnightcampaign
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