I do surveys for money. I love it when the \u00a350 bank credits drop in to my account. Three so far this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surveys are random; they can be about anything. Topical news stories, music tastes, radio or television viewing, shopping. Anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I got one yesterday afternoon that went in to great detail about adverts (as seen on every kind of platform imaginable).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The survey asked if I’d seen adverts for XYZ product in the last 30 days. And so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
XYZ product manufacturing company has obviously spent a significant amount of money on developing, testing, manufacturing, shipping and, of course, advertising the XYZ product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And advertising the XYZ product across a range of digital, print, and broadcast media (judging by the questions I was asked).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But unfortunately I have a blind spot for adverts (across the entire range of digital, print, and broadcast media).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of this blindspot I was unable to name a single time, place, or method of advertising when I saw the XYZ product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All my life, it seems, I have been carefully developing an immunity to commercials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, of late, this carefully constructed skill has been wasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wasted because I have ‘consumed’ (as the media folk have it) almost no mainstream media at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because there is actually nothing on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With all the many Freeview channels available you would think I’d be able to find *something* to watch?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Something that all the family can watch?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, that’s just not the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apart from The Chase, which we will all watch, but (wo)man cannot live on The Chase alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s ridiculous, though; so many channels of nothing to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If it wasn’t for Netflix and Amazon, the television would hardly ever be on. I’m just trying to work out if that’s a good or a bad thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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