The Morning Musume Risk Paradox  Earlier I saw a new post on
Intl Wota about Morning Musume and popularity. Now, this
question has been discussed over and over again. I remember this
being asked back when I first found Morning Musume, back in
early 2008, and I know this discussion of what Morning Musume is
doing right/wrong has been going on for a while. However,
something in Cat’s post HERE has made me think about this
question a bit more, and apply a little something I’ve learned
in my Mass Media and Popular Culture course at my university.
This I will henceforth call the Morning Musume Risk Paradox.
One of the issues that Cat brings up why Morning Musume doesn’t
get on TV shows anymore and why they’ve been in a downward
spiral of promotions. While she astutely says that Morning
Musume is less popular now than they used to be, this is I think
only part of the issue. Yes, Morning Musume is less popular, but
I do think a big part of that is because of their less frequent
television appearances.  Why doesn’t