Friday, 30 January 2015

Different Theories- Question 2

"Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of audience"


P              Personal Identification
I               Information  
E              Entertainment
S              Social Interaction

Blumler and Katz- Think that audiences want media products that gratify particular needs.


Richard Dyer- Thinks that audiences wan media products that offer them Utopia Solutions.


Frankfurt School- Hypodermic needle theory, think that audiences might be directly influenced by media products.


Stuart Hall- Encoding and Decoding tests and preferred negotiated and positional readings. Thinks audiences will react in different ways to media products.


Pluralists- Think that the media operates on a supply and demand basis and so the media must give the audience what it wants in order to survive and be successful.


Tajfel and Turner-Inter group discrimination theory. Think that audiences enjoy watching texts where they can feel superior to the characters in terms of money, class and success etc


Andrew Goodwin- 

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