Media diary-Week 5

Media Diary-Week 5:Uses and Gratifications

This week I have watched the 1964 Disney movie Mary Popp

ins starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke.  I think that when applying uses and gratifications I mainly use this film for Entertainment/Escapism. Throughout my life I have watched a lot of Disney films yet this has always been my go to film if I just want to relax. I think that since growing up I have always loved the humour in Disney films especially that in Mary Poppins, I think that Dike Van Dyke plays his character amazingly and is able to make the audience laugh at any moment throughout the movie. I also think that escapism is key to this movie because as the characters in the film are transported so is the audience, the use of uplifting catchy songs is also beneficial when fulfilling the audiences needs for entertainment/escapism. I think that I also use this film to fulfil my needs for social interaction, I have a lot of family and friends that are also Disney fanatics so by watching this film my needs for social interaction is fulfilled because I am able to talk about the movie with people. I also think that growing up I used this film to fulfil my needs for personal identity, I think that as a child I was able to relate to the characters of Michael and Jane Banks (the two children in the film).

This week I have also watched Emmerdale, this week there was a special live episode which would be a flashback so that the mystery of ‘Who shot Robert?’ would come to an end. I think that I used this mainly to fulfil my needs for social interaction, this live episode was talked about on TV, Social networking sites and even made headlines on newspapers. I think that by watching the soaps people’s needs for social interaction are fulfilled because no matter what happens the latest episode and story lines are always talked about. I think that this TV show also fulfils my needs of entertainment and escapism, no matter how bad the storyline or acting is I am always entertained no matter what happens and due to the live episode being a flashback it completely entertained me and left me on the edge of my seat.