In the blog of week 2, my interviewee mentioned television watching during his childhood. At that time all the family sat in the lounge watching television. Besides this, neighbours and their friends came and watch the television show “Batman”. Visiting somebody’s home and watch television was also a form of social gathering in the 1960’s.
In the 1970’s of Hong Kong, the trend of all the family sat in the lounge and watch television still exist, especially for some episodes and the evening news. However, television became affordable to most families and no subscription fee was required in wireless broadcasting later. There was no need to go to someone else’s home to watch television and audience become localized mainly in family bases rather than grouping audience from different families to interact with one another.
🌈 Shirley Ma ☀ 