Friday, 18 September 2015

18th September 2015- The purpose of social actions and community media

What is the purpose?
  • To bring about local, national and global change
  • To change attitudes 
  • To raise awareness
  • To create access to media productions for non traditional groups
  • To challenge dominant representations and agendas 
  • To create and strengthen community ties
  • To provide information
  • To campaign(work in an organised and active towards a goal)
  • To change voting behaviour
  • To infiltrate mainstream media
  • To build relationship with subjects

Video 1:Homelessness 

Which of the list of purposes apply?
To campaign and to raise awareness about homelessness. 

What is this media form trying to tell us/make us do?
It is trying to provide us some information about homeless but also it is trying to change people attitudes and raise awareness about homelessness but also trying to get us to help with their campaign.

What emotional techniques do you think they have used and why?
Emotional techniques i think they used were giving us real stories and facts about homelessness and how any can end up homeless. Also they used photos and music. 

Video 2:Food for thought

Which of the list of purposes apply?
To change attitudes and to raise awareness, to bring local change and to build a relationship with a subject 

What is this media form trying to tell us/make us do?
It is trying to tell us to tell us about their campaign and their business. Also about the history of the business. Also trying to tell us to be grateful of the food you have and don't be greedy.

What emotional techniques do you think they have used and why?
The emotional techniques is using their personal stories, the music in the background 

Video 3:The controller 

Which of the list of purposes apply?
To bring local change, to change attitude,to challenge dominant representation and to raisewareness

What is this media form trying to tell us/make us do?
It is trying to tell us everyone is different and no one should be able to control your life. 

What emotional techniques do you think they have used and why?
The background music,thinking about the past,set in real life situations. 

Video 4:

Which of the list of purposes apply?

What is this media form trying to tell us/make us do?

What emotional techniques do you think they have used and why?

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