Rationale

This rationale is about reflecting on my own media consumption, and how it reflects on the type of blog, I am writing. During the first week of this unit, I was asked to keep a media dairy, that would consist of what I have been watching and what I have been doing while watching the programme or film. From this dairy, I can tell you that I have been watching films and programme from Netflix, and especially Netflix original. I often use my phone while watching programme or films, as most teenagers multitask. As you can see I watch things that I think relate to my age as a teenager, as most of the programme or films are teenager base. Sometimes at night, I would watch children films, as I can be doing something else and you don’t have to concentrate that much t them, especial as I have seen them all before.  As you can see I think to watch programmes or films that are convenient to me, therefore the majority of the usage is online, this would be places like, Netflix, Amazon Prime or YouTube, there is also a app on my phone which I can watch films and series from. Therefore when I am ready to watch these programmes or films I can. Most of the TV watches would be daytime TV, and most of the time I would be playing on social media apps while watching these programme. The majority genre that I would watch would be action, drama comedy, thriller and reality shows which are mainly Korean. My comfort zone would be children films and adult swim which are adult cartoons, as they are funny and light-hearted. 

If I reflect on my social factors of what I watch the majority of the films and programmes are age appropriate and teenage based. These programmes are probably things that some teenagers would watch. As Netflix is one of the best media sites to watch films and series on, most teenagers my age would watch programmes on this site. As being middle class, the majority of the programmes or films I watch are something that I could relate too. Some of the films have a strong women role in them, therefore this helps to connect to the programme or film.  The normal form of media, I would use daily would be Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Tumblr and YouTube, as these social ape, help me to communicate with people easier, and see what the world is up too. This allows me to catch up on things like Kpop which would have news that comes last at night or early in the morning. Therefore, I check my apps throughout the day. The most passionate media form would be Instagram and Facebook as it easy to use and easy to connect with people and see whats on the news. The majority of teenagers would use these apps as well.

The majority of places I would watch programmes and films on would be at home, as it more convenient to be in a relaxing place, but also you do not have to spend money on cinema, as the cinema is expensive. Most teenagers would think the same things as, everything is on the internet. The form of media, that I don’t really engage with, would be twitter, as it doesn’t interest me, also watching horror things, as the majority of them are too scary to watch, but I have watched a few as some have good plots.

From doing this media diary for the first week on the unit, I found out, is that most of the things I watch would be programmes or films that would keep you engaged, throughout the day and at night a more lie back programme or film. I use Netflix daily, as it is an easy form of media to watch programmes and film you want to watch. Most form of social media I would use is Facebook or Instagram, where I can catch up with the latest news and pictures. I use Youtube daily as well, this is where I used to watch videos, read comments and make comments myself.  This helps me write my blog by showing me, that’s using pictures and maybe gifs will keep the audience more engaged on my blog and as nowadays gifs are quite popular to use, as most people will multitask, also that my target audience would be around 17 and over. As the majority of people who would look at this blog would be teenagers.