Friday, January 7, 2022

EXAM QUESTION : Attitude and Zoella

Clay Shirky argues that audiences in today’s online age are no longer passive consumers of media content.  How far is this true of online audiences ?

Refer to Zoella ( blog /youtube/other channels ) and  the Attitude website to support your answer. [30 marks]

50 minutes-1 hour      2-3 pages 

Brief 1-2  sentence introduction  explaining how you will be answering the question

Main points evaluating and applying  the theory ( and any other content)  to the texts, with specific examples from the texts to support your points 




You need to :


Explain the key points of the  theory including how modern online audiences are described as active,interactive and individual "prosumers".

Use specific and relevant examples from the key texts to explain how audiences can be seen as active (website features , content of articles and pages, specific  links to social media, range and type of opportunities for feedback and interaction e.g Zoella's youtube or Q and A, Attitude's social media accounts )

How far is this true
? Do both texts encourage their different audiences to be equally genuinely  active or interactive and to "talk back" to the producer ? Are more traditional methods and media used ?  How does this relate to their different target audiences ? 


Conclusion : evaluate how far you agree with the theory in general  and whether it fully explains how online life and social media works for young modern audiences..  Are all modern and young audiences active ?   Is social or online media different from traditional media in its relationship to  audiences ?  How important are other factors in how media is consumed , such as audience identity, media power , repetition of familiar stereotypes etc 

  You can use other theories and concepts such as parasocial interaction to support your points .

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