September 13

So…I’m a media prosumer

My media collage shows that I use media in a variety of different ways to obtain the following:

  • Entertainment and diversion 
  • Social interaction 
  • Personal identity 
  • Information and surveillance   

For example Youtube and Instagram. This is my consumption as I love to watch videos of Ariana and Beyonce. This can also go under the category of my personal identity as this is what I aspire to be in the future. 

My prosumption would also be with Instagram as videos posted on my account relate to my consumption (singing/performing)

My media for my information and surveillance would be used for BBC weather as this is where I need info to be obtained which is called consumption 

Overall in this lesson I have learned that I consume certain types of media for different reasons that I did not realise.. I have also learned that media has 4 different types of uses and gratifications in which some of my media uses fit into more than one category.

This knowledge will affect my production of media as I will need to think about what the consumers want and what techniques I need to use to obtain more of an audience to promote my media (music magazine). In future media production I will also need to think about the uses and gratifications to obtain the most popularity and sales.

In this lesson the task has shown me the basic concept (with examples) of Blumler & Katz theory.

 


Posted 13th September 2019 by davegaspar in category Component 1, Creative Critical Reflection 1

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