Category: Creative Critical Reflection 1

So…I’m a media prosumer

Media is used for several reasons for an audience.Our task was to show the reflection media has on our common everyday life. There are 4 uses and gratification and they come from Blumler & Katz; Entertainment, Social Interaction, Personal Identity, and Information.The ways media has gratification in my life is; 

-For Entertainment there’s Netflix and spotify

-For Social Interaction there’s festivals and Facebook

-For Personal Identity there is food and movies

-For Information there is bbc news.

Media is portrayed throughout various methods, we can even be subconsciously looking at media, as it is displayed lots of social networking apps, such as Facebook.  

This knowledge will have an impact on my products because I will keep in mind how it needs a use of gratification, and even if it needs more then one. For my magazine it will help be able to guide it onto one of these uses. Although having more then one use will be beneficial as it will widen the audience, meaning a impact on profit.

The Media Ecology. Map of concepts and mediascape.

The legoland is a metaphor for media, it shows how everything needs each other to keep itsself going just like how media needs all it’s components to continue.

On the ecology poster there is one main topic picked- ‘technology‘ and how it is a vital to media and all the other aspects needed. This is just showing that each individual one is so important to media.If one isn’t present it will have an affect on all the others.

For an example Facebook producers media but also if you have Facebook and like or share something ect you as a person are creating media.

magazine may not be technology although it needs all these factors of the ecology of media because that is what is needed for it to be successful. Although some will not be as vital they will still be needed and are all linked in ways which help one another. However it uses technology for production and marketing also including distribution and these factors are so important for a magazine.

I will use media ecology when producing my magazine because I need to keep in mind about getting the audience attention and keeping them interested. Also I will be mindful of how our modern society works especially with the concept of social media.

 

Hello Media Studies

I am hoping to learn the world of media.It involves many different types of aspects that we may subconiously experience in every day life. Being apart of media informs you which would make you aware and know the most important sub categories of media- Money, Institutions, Government, Audience, Distribution, Social Media, Technology, Creators.

The skills I already have is an understanding of ecology. Media will also develop and transfer skills such as creativity, and time management. Out of this course I hope to gain a further understanding on how media is used in the world and has an effect on people.

I think Media is so important especially in our modern day society as the world is becoming more distance, as it helps brings messages across to one another and makes it clear what is happening around the world, it could be big or small.

Media could develop your understanding in general Business by expanding your understanding of the general world and how different things can be vital to pursue and develop.

One way media is portrayed in through Facebook and without even realising we are creating media by liking and sharing things ect, and it teaches us skills such as communication and collaberation.