Emer's media blog

 Henry Jenkins: fandom and participatory culture There is a crucial difference between mass, passive audience and fans, as fans are active and will actively participate in their consumption of media products beyond just watching something and coming up with an opinion Examples of active participation include organising events, writing fan fiction, drawing fan art, purchasing merchandise, engaging in speculation in online fan communities, and many other diverse approaches Producers have long sought to actively engage fans, who are powerful and useful audiences through their loyalty and commitment to certain franchises. However, fans can also be fickle, and can turn on producers if they feel that the franchise is not meeting their needs simplified: if someone loves a film a lot that make them a fan The end of audience theory: Clay Shirky Shirky argues that digital technology and its convergence has allowed audiences to produce media in much the same ways as producers There is now a f...

 Ofcom regulates the radio in the UK does have you heard George's podcast breach Andy regulatory rules by Ofcom Ofcom states that: Ensure: ensure a wide range of services and a wide  appeal is available. maintain: maintain a plurality in broadcasting protect: Protect audiences from offensive or harmful material protect: protect audiences against unfairness or infringement of privacy Have you heard Georges podcast doesn't breach any of Ofcoms regulatory rules there is no material in this podcast which is likely to harm or offend audiences the podcast names public figures yet this isn't infringing on their privacy who is the target audience for have you heard Georges podcast? directly addressing the audience, are positioned in the plosive pf him  a he says 'imagine you are.. etc' targets young people could be trying to appeal to young black individuals / people who share a similar upbringing to him also appeals to educated audiences as he is covering political topics,...

 revision:  Explore how a combination of media language is used to create meaning in both the Black Mirror episode San Junipero and The Returned [30]   Judith Butler argues that our performance of gender has an explicit effect on the world around us. Evaluate this theory of gender performativity with reference to the Black Mirror episode San Junipero [15]   Explore how TV shows can target and attract a niche or specialised audience. Make reference to both the Black Mirror episode San Junipero and The Returned to support your answer [30] Henry  jenkins fandom theory: argues that fans can explore shows in ways that the producers never intended, they are different  to general audience members the use of the soundtrack within the show is for the majority 80's music appeals to a  intertextual relay is evident within black mirror, in the dressing up scene where Yorkie dresses as the character 'basket case from breakfast club, this appeals top a niche audienc...

 in some way the bbfc regulate tv broadcasting forms of regulation:  parental controls  the easiest form of regulation is the watershed: the tike when broadcasters agree to put on more mature TV, this is a form of self-regulation  the watershed is an advisory measure the form of any regulation is to prevent harm or offence to an audience, particularly young individuals tv is regulated by an organisation n in the UK called OFCOM Ofcom: Ofcom is funded by the companies that they represent: for example BT they regulate the postal service they regulate certain aspects of the internet including wifi another way that of com works is that you. can complain to OFCOM they regulate telecommunications., broadband phones and tellecomunivcations, against scams they provide information about avoiding scams these rules are highly subjective and guidance is vague  digital technology has left it effectively impossible to regulate television  digitally convergent media:...