The biggest beneficiary of this research is the content makers. Those that produce and work on the shows people are watching benefit the most since, with this information, they can broaden their target audience. Interestingly, there are some shows like “Bones” and “House” that have no specific personality type that prefers them (Bulik). One hypothesis for this is that those shows target such a large audience that there’s no discernable difference between viewers types. Both of those shows have some of the largest viewership of recent shows on television. It makes sense that those shows are successful because they have such a broad audiences. If all shows broadened their audience base in this way, they could reap the success of higher ratings.
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Since we know pugnacious people are 33% more likely to watch the Real Housewives shows, TV producers can highlight the components of the shows that attract those viewers and, as a result, will get its followers more worked up (Bulik). The more excited you can get a person that’s watching a show, the more likely they are to return to it or set their DVR to record. Also, they are more likely to promote that show to friends. Knowing that introverts and antisocial individuals are more attracted to crime dramas because of a hidden fear of victimization they might have, shows like Criminal Minds can learn to highlight those feelings in the victim’s personalities when creating their episodes. Many shows like these can actually be more profitable when they make their audience less comfortable, and knowing what makes their audience uncomfortable is …show more content…
This is the one genre where the extroversion personality trait really stands out. Most research on the subject found little connection to the popularity of genres for extroverts and extremely sociable people except for the strong connection to reality programs. Mindset Media points this out by saying pugnacious people and those that consider themselves leaders are more likely to watch The Real Housewives of Orange County. Some studies found that those who felt they are superior to other tend to prefer the reality genre (Reiss and Wiltz). People that scored high in levels of neuroticism also tend to prefer this genre, mainly with shows like The Real World, Jersey Shore, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and other shows that follow real world people and show aspects of their everyday life (Sim, Woong, Bryant). The leading theory as to why those that score high neuroticism are attracted to such a genre of shows is that it satisfies a part of them that needs social satisfactions they don’t feel can be satisfied otherwise.
Sitcoms are another very popular genre on TV today with shows like Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, and Black-ish. Overall, the viewership of comedies is fairly diverse in most studies done on the topic, but there are a few traits that stand out. Those that scored high in Psychoticism, for example, did not prefer the genre, but would much rather watch a horror movie
Since we know pugnacious people are 33% more likely to watch the Real Housewives shows, TV producers can highlight the components of the shows that attract those viewers and, as a result, will get its followers more worked up (Bulik). The more excited you can get a person that’s watching a show, the more likely they are to return to it or set their DVR to record. Also, they are more likely to promote that show to friends. Knowing that introverts and antisocial individuals are more attracted to crime dramas because of a hidden fear of victimization they might have, shows like Criminal Minds can learn to highlight those feelings in the victim’s personalities when creating their episodes. Many shows like these can actually be more profitable when they make their audience less comfortable, and knowing what makes their audience uncomfortable is …show more content…
This is the one genre where the extroversion personality trait really stands out. Most research on the subject found little connection to the popularity of genres for extroverts and extremely sociable people except for the strong connection to reality programs. Mindset Media points this out by saying pugnacious people and those that consider themselves leaders are more likely to watch The Real Housewives of Orange County. Some studies found that those who felt they are superior to other tend to prefer the reality genre (Reiss and Wiltz). People that scored high in levels of neuroticism also tend to prefer this genre, mainly with shows like The Real World, Jersey Shore, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and other shows that follow real world people and show aspects of their everyday life (Sim, Woong, Bryant). The leading theory as to why those that score high neuroticism are attracted to such a genre of shows is that it satisfies a part of them that needs social satisfactions they don’t feel can be satisfied otherwise.
Sitcoms are another very popular genre on TV today with shows like Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, and Black-ish. Overall, the viewership of comedies is fairly diverse in most studies done on the topic, but there are a few traits that stand out. Those that scored high in Psychoticism, for example, did not prefer the genre, but would much rather watch a horror movie