‘My Media World’ is a collage all about my media consumption and prosumption.
It fits with Blumler and Katz’ (1975) ideas about the uses and gratification of media, including:
- Entertainment
- Social interaction
- Personal identity
- Information
I was able to apply these four uses/gratifications I’ve learnt, to my collage. For example, I labelled Chessie King, an instagram influencer, with personal identity as she promotes feminism and body positivity which are ideas I identify with and try to apply to my own life. Her instagram page also provides entertainment and information for me as she makes me laugh and she provides new statistics every day.
I recognise that Blumler and Katz’ ideas about the uses and gratifications of media will be very useful when it come to producing my own media, specifically my music magazine. I will need to make sure my magazine is entertaining to look at, informative and has something my target audience can interact and identify with.