In the seminar today, we talked about the effects and possible negative effects a media text could have on an audience. We discussed Shaun of the Dead, rap videos and violent video games and how audiences are becoming densensitised to the content. We discussed in the end though how the hypodermic needle model does not apply, [...]
Archives for Week 5
Group discussion for week 5
After we’d all completed the individual tasks we got together as a group to discuss our thoughts. Me and Sam both did objects from our cabinets with a similar audience, and we both came up with similar negative effects; that our objects could make a vulnerable audience think and do things they wouldn’t normally and [...]
Individual work 2/11
For this week’s individual task I have chosen Look magazine from my cabinet of curiosities.
1. Look is a fashion and celebrity magazine and includes aspirational celbrities and lifestyles. My media object could influence the minds of a vulnerable audience by making the audience believe they need the clothes/shoes/handbags- any of the items featured- else they will [...]