Monday, 15 December 2014

TASK 2: Uses and Gratifictations

Theory; is to understand mass communication, this places more focus on the consumer or audience. It assumes that the audiences are not passive but take a role in interpreting and integrating media into their own lives. The audiences are responsible for choosing media to meet their needs. This suggests that people use media to fulfill specific gratifications. This would then imply that the media compete against other information sources for viewers’ gratification.

·        Identify: being able to recognise the person/product
·        Educate: being able to acquire information, knowledge and understanding.
·        Entertain: what you are consuming should give you enjoyment    
·        Social Interaction: ability for products to produce a topic of conversation between people.

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