Media Diary Week 5

Uses and Gratifications

Splinter Cell Blacklist

I recently bought this game because I really wanted a little bit of escapism from everyday troubles and this game achieves this by putting you in the hot seat and making you the Americas last hope like usual and making you Sam Fisher.This makes you forget about everyday troubles because you are a secret agent who is trying to save America which is not something you can do everyday so this media text give you the responsibility and makes the game feel personal to player meaning everything in the media text is being absorbed by the player. This game can also be used for social interaction as this game is part of a very popular franchise so I you ask someone about the game they will at least say they know it plus this can start conversations for other games in the franchise making sure no one ever feels left out and that the conversation may hopefully never get awkward.

Breaking Bad

 I have been watching Breaking Bad this week and the reason I have been watching this amazing program is that I have been quite bored of real life so I thought lets watch something that at the same time is realistic in a way but will never happen. So for me it has been a form of Escapism as it gives me a lot of laughs but also makes me care for people that I have no pressure to help out as am able to trust them to stay safe at all times. Also I have been using it for social interaction as I am quite late to the party of the discovery of Breaking Bad I have been able to use my experience of watching this program to catch up on all of the latest conversations so I can always now have conversations with all of my friends and not miss out on anything it might even help me make new friends.