Throughout the world, media is used in many different ways. I made a collage of all the media I consume and prosume. It contains things I use on a daily basis like social media such as snapchat and instagram where I prosume and consume many things and TV apps such as netflix where I consume many different programmes and movies.

In this we task of creating the collage studied we studied a theory; Blumler & Katz which displays the 4 different forms of media and what it presents to us and why we enjoy media as an audience.

• Entertainment/diversion
• Social interaction
• Personal Identity
• Information/Surveillance

This collage and theory allow me to categorise the different types of media I use and furthermore analyse how I use then. For example I watch reality TV shows not only for my entertainment but for my social interaction. Shows like Love Island create an interaction between me and my friends about the previous episodes.

With all these features considered my magazine will be influenced because it will help me with my own production. It will be a resource for me to consider the 4 different forms of media and how I can present it within to display interest into my audience.

Without one of the eight different components of the media ecology, none of it will work. Each things makes it up and they support each other in order to be right. My poster analyses the influence of audience on the seven components of media ecology.

The three main influencers on audience I believe is institutions, creators and distribution.

• Institutions are companies such as BBC, Sky and Google. They provide a platform for people to watch what creators make, without the institutions the audience will have nothing to watch it on.
• Creators are the people who create the media and without them the audience will have nothing to watch.
• Distribution is heavily influenced by the audience because without them there would be no purpose for it. Distribution is platforms like cinemas, radio and TV.

I created a lego construction of a petrol station to represent a form of ecology. It represented some different aspects of what a petrol station will include in order to work because without some things as a whole it wouldn’t work for health and safety reasons etc.

When creating my magazineI will be mindful of some specific features like the audience age range. The media ecology will fit into this because without a suitable audience then the company will make no profit with no audience buying into it and therefore there would be no point in making it.

All these posters are collective ideas about media ecology and how it works. Within these all aspects have been highlighted and all of them link together.

• In Media studies I am hoping to learn not just skills in working media but the theory side to it, learning the how people use it in the wider world and the reasons why it is produced. On the more practical side to it i’m excited to be learning how to produce media within the course as it is something I am really interested in- being creative.
• The skills in media which I already have are basic, I am able to communicate within social media so can interact with my friends, family and peers and furthermore my future colleagues.
• The skills which I will learn in media studies will benefit me in my paths through the future because in modern day technology is used widely nowadays in every kind of work. With the extra knowledge I have from taking this A level my understanding will be wider. The transferrable skills like communication will allow me to speak to future coworkers effectively.