Media, Identities and Representations

A critical discourse analysis of Donald trump’s language use in the US presidential campaign, 2016 Blog post 1: Pre- production and project planning I have set out to produce a mini-documentary style podcast on Donald Trump focusing on gender, race and xenophobia. I will investigate arguments supporting Trump’s negative impact on society and hate crimes …

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Blog 1. The Media and Me

After conducting my 48-hour media log, I concluded that my relationship with the media is a selective one. Different types of media are important to me; they fulfil different roles, but I tend to engage more with audio media.  I seem to be on the go a lot of the time and I only use …

Media Log

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Blog 2. Generating Ideas

As analysed in my first blog, Facebook is the main social media I use. I would be interested in exploring how Facebook’s functions and uses have changed over the years … (having had an account since my early teens).  I am keen to see whether instant media is beneficial to our everyday lives or if …

Blog 3. Literature Review

Uses and gratifications (UG) theory attempts to explain how people use the media to ‘gratify their wants and needs, what motivates their behavior [sic] and what are the consequences of their uses of media (Bumgarner 2007).’ I thought this theory was relevant to my research into ‘How beneficial Facebook is?’ as individuals have their own …

Blog 4. Methodology

The approach to my research consisted of collecting qualitative and quantitative data through a questionnaire on SurveyMonkey and sharing it on my Facebook platform. I felt that a questionnaire would be beneficial to my chosen research topic as I needed respondents that used Facebook as a primary social media site. I also wanted varied responses, …

Blog 6. Analysis and Conclusion

After analysing my results, Blumer’s ‘Uses and Gratifications theory’ can be applied. The project reflected that individuals have many uses for social media: to keep up to date with friends via instant message, to have information about local community groups, and to brows through many a profile. My research also reflected Bertel’s findings with his …

Bibliography

Bertel, T. (2014). 'Why would you want to know?': The reluctant use of location sharing via check-ins on Facebook among Danish youth. Convergence, 22 (2), 162-176. doi: 10.1177/1354856514543250. Blumler, J. (1979). The role of theory in Uses and Gratifications Studies. Communication Research, 6 (1), 9-36. Brooks, S. (2015). Does personal social media usage affect efficiency …

Blog 5. Findings

The number of respondents for my questionnaire exceeded my expectations as I received 40 completed surveys. The statistics show that 80% of respondents use Facebook everyday. Only one respondent replied to the question saying that they used the site a couple of times a month. https://izbits741985333.wordpress.com/2019/05/07/statistics/ See graph 1 on statistics page The graph shows …