Audiencegram

· This is a weekly Instagram-meets-audience-studies assignment. Each week for 4 weeks, you will take a photo and you will also write a two page explanation for each week’s image. The two page write-up (not including the image) should reflect on the photo from the perspective of the week’s readings
*NOTE: Do not include the space taken up by the image in your two page
*NOTE: The photo should be an original photo (not someone else’s photo, not a photo of a screen that has an image on it, not a photo of some other publication or packaging that has an image on it, etc.).
*NOTE: You will not be graded on the “quality” of the photos (this is not a photography course) but you will be graded on the thoughtfulness and appropriateness of the image for your analysis of the week’s content – and how you link the photo to the week’s content
Work will be graded for well-written and thoughtful analysis of readings. The photos should be appropriate given your analysis of the week’s readings and discussion. NO OUTSIDE RESOURCES SHOULD BE USED OTHER THAN THE ARTICLES
– Each week should have its own image, and own section. Each week will have its own title and will be written individually and not relating to other week. Make sure the Image is original as the image will be counted as plagiarism.
Readings:
Week 1: Livingstone, S. (2010). Giving people a voice: On the critical role of the interview in the history of audience research. Communication, Culture & Critique, 3(4), 566-571.
WEEK 2: Brown, W. (2015). Examining four processes of audience involvement with media personae: Transportation, parasocial interaction, identification, and worship. Communication Theory, 25, 259-283.
WEEK 3: Kornfield, R., & Tomab, C. (2020). When do online audiences amplify benefits of self-disclosure? The role of shared experience and anticipated interactivity. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 64(2), 277-297.
WEEK 4: Pantic, M. (2020). Gratifications of digital media: What motivates users to consume live blogs. Media Practice and Education, 21(2), 148-163.

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