Music Magazines: Genre Identifiers

Using a Music Magazine

Uses and gratification theory states that we use the media for a specific purpose.

• Identify ourselves
• Entertain/escape
• Inform/educate
• Social interaction

These outcomes apply using various different methods of the media. Through television programmes, music, websites, etc. Personally, I use songs to identity myself, as I listen to music which suits my personality and feelings. An example of a song that I listen to when I wish to identify myself and escape the world, is Forget and Not Slow Down by Relient K. The songs also calms me down, so I listen to it to give myself comfort when my emotions are not particularly positive.  

I use the television programme 'South Park' for entertainment, as I enjoy the content of the programme and a lot of my friends do too, which is how it also links into social interaction. I talk to certain friends about the show, and we recite quotations whilst immitating the characters voices.  Facebook is a website a vast majority of this generation use. It is addictive, and I use it for socialisation, as I feel the need to keep in contact with my friends outside of school. It also assists me in finding information about other people that I might need to know.