Hello, and welcome to my blog. I am currently studying Media Studies at Ilkley Grammar School at A2 level and this blog will show you everything that I will be looking at this year. Each blog post will be like a piece of work that can be looked at individually. I hope you enjoy looking at my blog as I enjoy posting on it.

Friday 9 March 2012

SD - Defining our audience


SD - Defining our Audience

- The age of our core audience is 15-24.
- General fans of the band and the R&B genre.
- The male gaze aspect would bring in a secondary male audience.
- Our audience may be interested in viewing romantic comedy films rather than indie and horror films.
- They will be interested in mainstream music and genre's such as R&B, Pop and maybe Hip-hop.
- The audience may also read gossip magazine rather than informative newsletters and papers, these may include the ones that target the same age group ie. More, Now & Look 
- The uses of gratifications theory is good to use when thinking about the audience you are trying to target, getting a fuller view of what the viewer is interested in will help when making decissions to include within the text itself, magazine advertisment and digipak.
- Destiny's Childs audience is Mainstream but also a Mass audience although because they are a female band in the R&B genre which could be seen as attracting a niche audience. 

'Uses of gratifications theory is an approach to understanding why people actively seek out specific media outlets and content for gratification purposes. The theory discusses how users proactively search for media that will not only meet a given need but enhance knowledge, social interactions and diversion. 
This theory assumes that members of the audience are not passive but take an active role in interpreting and integrating media into their own lives. The theory also holds that audiences are responsible for choosing media to meet their needs. The approach suggests that people use the media to fulfill specific gratifications. This theory would then imply that the media compete against other information sources for viewers' gratification.' 

2 comments:

  1. AN posted on this way back
    this a key weakness: where's the research/evidence?
    can you even now (see blog posts on Eval Q3 + Use of vids etc where I link egs) film some such aud research? Establish suitability of act/track; how recognised either are; whether you get better/worse response from young/older, M/F etc
    group needs to sort this out!!!
    you should link in forums + anything else you've looked at on aud - all getting marks potentially for both R+P and Eval

    btw, gd to see theory cited BUT at least then apply it to your work!!!

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  2. AN posted on this way back
    this a key weakness: where's the research/evidence?
    can you even now (see blog posts on Eval Q3 + Use of vids etc where I link egs) film some such aud research? Establish suitability of act/track; how recognised either are; whether you get better/worse response from young/older, M/F etc
    group needs to sort this out!!!
    you should link in forums + anything else you've looked at on aud - all getting marks potentially for both R+P and Eval

    btw, gd to see theory cited BUT at least then apply it to your work!!!

    ReplyDelete

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