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‘Duck Dynasty’ vs. ‘Modern Family’: 50 Maps of the U.S. Cultural Divide
Posted on 2/19/17 at 9:46 am
Posted on 2/19/17 at 9:46 am
Duck Dynasty Map
See all of the maps here - NY Times
quote:
Men with long beards and Christian values center the most geographically divisive show in the data set. “Duck Dynasty,” a reality show on A&E, follows the over-the-top lives of a Louisiana family that makes the Duck Commander duck call.
It is the prototypical example of a show that is most popular in rural areas. The correlation between fandom and the percentage of people who voted for Mr. Trump was higher for “Duck Dynasty” than it was for any other show.
quote:
Americans have been clustering themselves into cultural bubbles just as they have clustered in political bubbles. Their TV preferences confirm that.
If you had to guess how strongly a place supported Donald J. Trump in the election, would you rather know how popular ‘Duck Dynasty’ is there, or how George W. Bush did there in 2000? It turns out the relationship with the TV show is stronger.
That’s how closely connected politics and culture can be.
The cultural divide largely falls along urban/rural lines. We saw a similar divide in November, with Hillary Clinton winning in cities, college towns, Native American reservations and areas with black and Hispanic majorities. Mr. Trump earned more votes in rural areas.
When we looked at how many active Facebook users in a given ZIP code “liked” certain TV shows, we found that the 50 most-liked shows clustered into three groups with distinct geographic distributions. Together they reveal a national culture split among three regions: cities and their suburbs; rural areas; and what we’re calling the extended Black Belt — a swath that extends from the Mississippi River along the Eastern Seaboard up to Washington, but also including city centers and other places with large nonwhite populations.
See all of the maps here - NY Times
This post was edited on 2/19/17 at 9:51 am
Posted on 2/19/17 at 9:50 am to FrenchToast
Another way to say it: rural/urban
Posted on 2/19/17 at 9:51 am to FrenchToast
I don't watch any of them and until this post, I had only heard of DD.
What the hell is Empire and Modern Family?
What the hell is Empire and Modern Family?
Posted on 2/19/17 at 9:52 am to FrenchToast
I don't watch any of that shite
Posted on 2/19/17 at 9:53 am to FrenchToast
Rural areas love their scripted reality tv shows, which makes sense.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 9:53 am to FrenchToast
Seems like HHtM did this thread months ago, half stepper.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 9:54 am to FrenchToast
I've never heard of 90% of those shows
Posted on 2/19/17 at 9:58 am to FrenchToast
Today I learned there is a TV show called "Love & Hip Hop"
Posted on 2/19/17 at 10:11 am to FrenchToast
So . . . white Christians vs. everybody else is what this seems to be saying . . . and perhaps that no one watches the drivel spewed out by network TV nowadays.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 10:12 am to FrenchToast
quote:Never heard of this in my life
“Fast N' Loud” is a reality show set in the Gas Monkey Garage, with the crew searching for run-down cars to restore. It’s the show most favored by men on our list, by far — 83 percent of “likes” came from men — and it is also one of the most Trumpian, second only to “Duck Dynasty.” While the Gas Monkey Garage is located in Dallas, the show is most popular in the area around the city, rather than in Dallas itself.
is it on cable?
quote:This is still on???
“America's Funniest Home Videos”
quote:Never heard of this person
Rob Dyrdek
quote:Never heard of it
“Cake Boss”
Is he forced to make a ghey wedding cake?
Posted on 2/19/17 at 10:12 am to FrenchToast
I watched five minutes of that scripted garbage Duck Dynasty show once. Never again.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 10:13 am to dmjones
quote:they're all scripted, hoss
that scripted garbage Duck Dynasty
Posted on 2/19/17 at 10:16 am to Kafka
quote:
they're all scripted, hoss
That's why I don't watch "reality" tv.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 10:16 am to FrenchToast
Empire seems to precisely mirror another demographic map . . . lemme think now.
This post was edited on 2/19/17 at 10:20 am
Posted on 2/19/17 at 10:18 am to FrenchToast
Thanks for posting! Very thought provoking about a critical issue we must all confront!
MAGA!
MAGA!
Posted on 2/19/17 at 10:19 am to FrenchToast
I think these are all lame shows.
DD has a clear Christian focus (they pray every episode) which explains why it is more popular in the rural areas and tends to make progressive viewers uncomfortable and disgusted.
Does the other show have an overt political or cultural statement as well? I don't even think I have heard of them before.
DD has a clear Christian focus (they pray every episode) which explains why it is more popular in the rural areas and tends to make progressive viewers uncomfortable and disgusted.
Does the other show have an overt political or cultural statement as well? I don't even think I have heard of them before.
This post was edited on 2/19/17 at 10:22 am
Posted on 2/19/17 at 10:23 am to FrenchToast
The only shows I watch on that list are walking dead, family guy, South Park, and supernatural
Posted on 2/19/17 at 10:23 am to FrenchToast
I think I'm most amazed to find out that Tom & Jerry is still on and that people watch it.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 10:24 am to member12
Modern Family? Well it is about an older guy whose wife dies(?). He remarried a Colombian woman who has a son by a previous marriage. One of his sons who is a gay man in a dedicated gay relationship who adopted an Asian baby. His daughter who is in a more or less normal relationship with three kids.
It's a pretty good show on the whole.
It's a pretty good show on the whole.
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