Audience effect theory
Task 1:
1) What is the preferred reading of a media text?
The narrator speaking in third person.
2) What is the oppositional reading of a media text?
The oppositional reading goes against the meaning the producers are trying to create.
Task 2:
Write a definition of an active audience:
An active audience is a audience up to date and encouraged to learn more
Task 3:
Write a definition of the hypodermic needle theory:
The definition of the hypodermic needle theory for me is something being injected in peoples mind (metaphor)
Such as thoughts
4) Write down a media product (e.g. TV show, newspaper or videogame) for each category of Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory and WHY it fits that particular audience use/gratification. The first one is done for you:
The Kardashians - Sets the trend using celebrities as a front
Family guy- They have attracting audience because of a dog who speaks, a baby who speaks, a father who cant raise a family properly and a mother who is desperate to make the family together instead of the family being in pieces.