In Chapter 2, Buying into American Idol: How We Are Being Sold on Reality Television, Jenkins classifies three kinds of TV viewers. Which one are you and why?
1) Zapper - a person who sits on the couch with one finger poised threateningly over the channel button on the remote ready to switch stations every two seconds. A zapper almost never watches an entire show.
2) Casual - a person who is willing to watch a whole show - if it's interesting or impressive enough. A casual watches TV to kill time, to relieve boredom, etc. but is not usually a die hard fan of any particular show. Casuals are more likely to do other things - like talk to friends - while watching TV.
3) Loyal - a person who picks out their favorite show and watches it loyally each week. If they have to miss a show for whatever reason, they will record it and watch it later.
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I used to be a loyal TV watcher until I started working which messed with the schedule of the shows I watched. Then I started going out with my boyfriend and we are both more movie people so we mainly watch movies. I watch TV casually if there is nothing to do, but I tend to flip channels during comercials but I still watch the whole show.
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