Telebasura

Telebasura (pronounced te-leh-bah-SOO-rah; from Spanish "tele" and "basura", meaning "TV" and "garbage" respectively) is a Spanish disparaging term for non-fiction TV programs which are known for disobeying the deontologic codes of journalists and television presenters and diffusing negative values that influence people (mainly youth) in a negative manner. The term "telebasura" is usually associated to reality programs and talk shows where either the moderator is partial or inexistent, the supporters of a particular point of view are the majority or insults, fault language and uproar predominate. Obviously, the fact of considering a program as "telebasura" is rather subjective.

Characteristics

The telebasura is often compared to the sensationalist press. Some of the arguments used to denounce a program as telebasura are the existence in them of:

* Manipulation of information, or confusion of information and opinion.
* No respect of the right to privacy.
* Conversion of human pain and misery into spectacle.
* Focus on sex, scandal or violence.
* Use of the naked human body, particularly the female one.
* Playing down the consequences of prostitution and drug consumption.
* Aberration presented as a model to imitate.
* Scorn of any figure of authority.
* Fighting rather than dialogue.
* Offensive Language.
* Cultural Relativism, and diffusion of subculture.
* Promotion of pseudoscience and occultism.
* Excessive focus on the private lives of celebrities and famous people.

ee also

*Televisão Independente
*Tabloid television