What Makes a Genre?

Concerning the media text of television, I believe genres are developed through various concepts and ideas that intrigue and captivate audiences. Things such as occupation, interests, hobbies, and emotions, basically semiotic domains in general, impact what viewers want in a television show or movie, this in turn shaping genres. For example, if someone's interests include history, they may tune into the History Channel, this being a genre. Also, if someone's hobbies include cooking they may tune into the Food Network, this also being a genre. Along the lines of genres, I tend to be a sucker for romance comedies within the media text of movies. This media text of movies is a genre itself, having genres within it such as romance and comedy. I find these genres of movies to be my favorite because they don't confine themselves to one type of genre, such as strictly drama or comedy or suspense, which can tend to get old fast. In conclusion, there may be no real way to truly define a genre, however .

P.S. Friday 12:15 p.m. -Ironically, I didn't realize we would be discussing this in-depth in class today. However, this blog was going off the question Dr. Rudd asked us at the end of class on Monday and my beliefs on what makes a genre --not necessarily on what was discussed in class today, since I'm sure you were just dying to know, haha! :)