Critical Reflection: Question 5

Discuss the ways in which the candidates’(this is you) own experiences of media consumption (how you use, access, and produce) illustrate wider patterns and trends in audience behaviour.

- I use print media for my own personal benefit, such as an academic benefit or a personal benefit, and to entertain myself when I am bored. Most audiences use magazines to gain information to help themselves or cure their boredom. I access print media by either going into supermarkets and buying them inside there or I buy them at a bookstore. Most audiences also buy magazines and pamphlets from supermarkets and bookstores. I can produce print media by coming up with my own ideas on a creative piece to grab someone's attention. Most audiences do not produce their own print media, but for the people that do, they also want to create something that will pique someone's interest.