Mtv Impact On Society

Music is everywhere. And although there are more common ways of hearing it, such as the radio, many people don’t realize the impact that other things such as television has on what music they listen to and what music is considered “hot music” at certain points in time. When music television first started in the late 50’s it came with a booming scene of popularity, not only for the show that was playing the music but also for the artist that was performing or if their song was being played. Then on August 1st, 1981 the cable television channel MTV (Music Television), aired for the first time and changed the game forever (Graham). MTV brought in a new generation of music and television that had never been seen before. Although would not be realized right away, MTV told people what music was popular/what they wanted to listen too and helping artist to gain popularity, as well as setting a future for the superb combination that is music and television. Redefining the way people listened to music; MTV also played music videos so instead of just listening to the music now you could watch it at the same time as well, consuming peoples lives with music all the time. Not only …show more content…
As years passed, MTV starting playing less and less music and music videos and transferred into the world of reality TV, which became increasingly popular. MTV paved the way for new shows to come in and take their throne, and that’s exactly what happened. With the shift from music to reality television the spot for the new music show/channel became available and in came American Idol. American Idol was a show based off of a popular British television show and was brought to America. American Idol then became the new influence for music television and in society, but only for the absence of MTV. From American Idol came other shows such as The Voice, which is extremely popular today, but couldn’t have been possible without MTV’s