Surviving on television, why? – Metronieuws.nl

It remains a recurring theme on TV: survival. And how exciting the situation, the better.

Surviving on television seems to be a trend. After Expedition Robinson and The Island , is there in March a survival program starts again. In the new The Raft two strangers trying to survive without food and drink on the open sea. But why really?

“This is due to a combination of three factors,” says Maarten Reesink, lecturer Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). “Firstly, because it still falls within the category of travel program and people therefore simply find enjoyable to watch. It is also a kind of soap opera and we are interested in what living in “harsh” conditions, relationships do. And partly because we want to return to base. We desire for authenticity, as we drown in today’s consumer society. The interest in the situation where you have nothing, is a counter-response. “

Back to Basics

The need to go back to basics usually plays as you get older . Jurjen Annen of Bosbeweging school to survive with nature: “Outdoor games and climbing and climbing is good preparation for later. But by then sit down at the computer in a heated house, you can not lose those lessons. Then fails suddenly something in your life and go in search of what you’re missing. “

Rational brain

Why do we still often choose which computer is, according Annen by our rational minds, “That has taken the upper hand. The urge is natural and logical to live comfortably. We want safety and efficiency. But we are beaten by them. Once it gets colder, the jersey goes, while we could just to sit in a tub of ice. Our movement has therefore become increasingly smaller. Time to stretch that a bit. “

Visionary

According to Ewout Pijselman Survival Adventure School Netherlands (SAS) leave programs like Expedition Robinson and the Island does not see the reality: “the images are manipulated and do not correspond to reality.” But that does not matter. “Forget reality,” said Reesink. “The images are framed on what consumers would like to see, interests:. An enlargement of the aforementioned factors”

Although it is unrealistic, people are keen to get involved: “We overestimate ourselves and underestimate nature, “says Pijselman. “And we find out when we or others are in a situation where we need to survive. That happens more often and we want to test ourselves, discovering how to handle. “

The Raft is starting on RTL 5 Thursday, March 17th, for example, dehydration or hypothermia.