The worrying “Hanouna system” dissected in a salutary test

Former faithful spectator of “Touche pas à mon poste!”, The teacher-researcher Stéphane Encel deciphers in an essay how Cyril Hanouna trusts the media space and what his programs say about France. A welcome critical work, while the host-producer of C8 intends to play a leading role in the presidential campaign.

For a long time, Stéphane Encel, historian of religions and professor of semiology, let the morning reruns of Do not touch My TV ! (TPMP!) While working at home. This C8 talk show follower even quoted him in his lessons. Until being disgusted, the great marrade having gradually given way to a disturbing spectacle. “In recent years, a golem has arisen. A television creature, shaped by its audience, who, in an Orwellian script, ridiculed, humiliated, mocked his loyal troop “, he wrote in the introduction of It’s not just TV! What the Hanouna system says about France, published on October 11 by David Reinharc editions. “The frequent discomfort gave way to an almost constant discomfort”, he continues, patiently explaining why, far from being just entertainment, the Hanounesque spectacle is so disturbing. All the more so since the launch, in September 2018, of Balance your post! (Construction!), rowdy talk show that applies the same recipe as TPMP !, and where the most delicate current issues are reduced to insane “for or against” …