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As crime novels and dramas are getting popular among people, there are many people who think of reasons why those are so popular nowadays. Although many people are still curious about it, I think there are obvious reasons for the popularity of crime novels and TV dramas.
To begin with, crime dramas and novels provide indirect experiences about crimes that people can't make in the real world. Indirect experience is one of the desirable activities among people because, as people sympathize with the main character in those novels, people became become that character and travel the world, fulfilling their hidden desire. A media company recently surveyed about what people want from crime novels and dramas. The result turns turned out that people want the character to do what they want instead of themselves.
Moreover, those bring people extreme thrill to relieve their stress. As people are getting more stressed in their society, they desire more stipulate media because the media is the easiest way to relieve stress. According to recent research, reading and watching crime fiction is the most enjoyable activity to relieve people's stress from society. Instead of extreme sports which bring much thrill too, crime dramas are more exciting because stories are processed in an unlimited world.
In conclusion, nowadays crime novels and dramas are popular because they bring indirect experience to fulfill people's hidden desires and thrill to relieve their own stress from the real world. I consider that those have an important role because current society has a lot of stress and restrictions. |