Sunday, December 02, 2007

Uses and Gratifications & Me

-Blumer & Katz
* Diversion - Escape from everyday problems
i watch sitcoms such as Friends and scrubs as i don't particularly enjoy many soaps
* Personal relationships - Using the media for emotional and other interaction
i don't think this would apply to me because i don't relate to any characters
* Personal identity - Constructing their own identity from characters in media texts.
when watchin films or television programmes i sometimes understand where the charcter is coming from
* Surveillance - Information gathering i.e. weather reports
Read the newspaper and watch the news :)

-Denis McQuail
*Information - The news...newspaper...weather reports
*Learning - Watching different documentaries..channel 4 ones
*Personal identity - ermm.. does'nt really apply to me
* Integration and social interaction - same as above lol
*Entertainment - i enjoy watchin films..sitcoms i.e. friends! Heroes

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