United States Travels to England

For my interview I interviewed my friend Sam Howarth, from Liverpool, England. He has lived in Liverpool for 21 years. Sam described the media in England as very mild compared to the media in United States. He said the media that the United States presents to the consumers is an overload. He also thought that the majority of the media that the United States creates is negative. He stated too that he thought the United States media affects children and makes them vulnerable to picking up bad behavior they see in the media. Sam believes media is less of a big deal in England because some of their laws are different. Their drinking age is eighteen, and fourteen with parent permission. Also their smoking age is lower. So these activities are not that big of a deal in England. The similarities of both United States and England media are they both have a lot legal commercials, both advertise with billboards, radio, and television. The differences between media in the U.S and England is that media on television appears a lot less. In England commercials only come on once during a whole show. Unlike in the United States they come on several times and 30 minute shows are really only 15 minutes. Sam also explained that England is very Americanized, especially Europe. When I asked him what his favorite show was back in England, he answered with an American show, Rob and Big. According to Sam, a large amount of the media here in the United States gets to other countries such as England.

After doing this interview with Sam, most of the things I thought were confirmed. The amount of media that the United States puts out is too much. I know that the United States is a big country; however, I think it is out of control. Media in the United States is more to control people, rather than inform people like in England.