So…I’m a media prosumer

  • In order to present the media which I, a 17 year old girl from Guernsey consumes I created a collage. 
  • My collage consists of media I consume in the forms of:

Entertainment I watch/use e.g Youtube videos, Music, magazines, programmes, social media and films. 

Social interaction which mostly consists of social media; Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram, Reddit. 

Personal identity including news in my location (Bailiwick express), Music (spotify), and social media platforms which as a 17 year old girl I use to interact with others of similar age (Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Tiktok, Instagram)  

Informative  e.g news, (sky news), Facebook, Reddit.

All of these forms of media are part of a theory which explains the reasons why an audience responds to different media texts, this is also known as the ‘Uses and Gratification Theory’ which was brought about by Blumer and Katz. My collage in many ways supports this theory as most media I consume which is shown on my collage is either; Entertainment, Social interaction, Personal identity or Informative. This theory will impact on the production of my music magazine, as in order to maximize my audience and response of the audience, I will be sure to include media which fulfils as many of the four main reasons of using media as possible.

 

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