My Media Diet
Reflection
Blumler and Katz’s (1974) theory came to describes that ‘different people can use the same communication message for very different purposes’. The audience of the media both actively seek pleasure and practical use out of the different media they consume.
In my everyday life, I use a variety of platforms.
Personal Identity: I listen to podcasts, i.e the Emma Chamberlain podcast, and different genres of music on Spotify. I love shopping brands I like such as ASOS, Urban, and Zara to keep on improving and expressing myself through fashion in my wardrobe and keep up to date with the latest trends.
Social Interaction: I have Social Interaction on Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram to communicate and interact with my friends and family everyday. This has a connection with Personal Identity because Instagram allows me to post about my life to my friends and family and express myself freely.
Information: Everyday I find myself on Google, searching for Information whether that be practical things which are somewhat useful to know or absolutely ridiculous stuff. Google can also be a source of Entertainment as you can access several different media like Youtube or Disney+. It can as well be used for Social Interaction because it has Gmail, which is able to send emails from a school account or a personal one.
Entertainment: As a source of Entertainment, I use Netflix to watch series’ like Skins and Outer Banks as a good way of passing time and keeping an eye out for upcoming shows/movies. As well as Tv shows like F.R.I.E.N.D.S and Gogglebox. I also scroll through TikTok when I’m bored and occasionally send some to my friends so that we can have a laugh together, this links in with Social Interaction as I’m interacting with my friends by showing them videos I’ve found.