Disney Channel (read before posting)

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by uziel5000

This is a good point but I have to disagree that teens watch because they like it/don't like something. They do have cognitive abilities(they wouldn't be human if they didn't) but the problem, and Disney's(and whoever gets them to buy/enjoy their products) advantage is teenagers are suceptible to the mob mentality. Disney, MTV and the like know, that more than buying something that they like, they'll buy something that all their friends like. It is far and few the teenager who doesn't respond to peer pressure of some kind. And while the extremes are drugs, drinking and smoking, it can be as simple as a song or an artist. "Everyone I know listens to it so I will too." MTV has fed on that for its entire existence and the Disney Channel, who has gone seriously downhill I agree, is just cashing in on that trend as well. They milk something until the next best thing comes up or they simply create it.

Yeah, its heartbreaking. That's why I said the waste of time and potential on such garbage was tragic.