Why do individuals consume media products alone
-Social enjoyment
-privacy
-convenience
-individuality
-accessibility
What media products do people consume alone?
- Reading
- Gaming
- Web surfing
- Listening (such as music)
- DVD
- Social networking
Why do individuals consume media products in groups?
-Social interaction
-competition
What media products do people consume in groups?
- Cinema
- TV
- Online gaming
- Radio listeners-audio streaming
- DVD
- Social networking
Pleasure of genre for audiences
Emotional pleasures: the emotional pleasure offered to audiences of a genre films are particularly significant when they generate a strong audience response.
Visceral pleasures: Visceral pleasures are ‘gut’ responses and are defined by how the film’s stylistic construction elecits a physical effect upon it’s audience. This can be a feeling of revulsion, kinetic speed, ot a ‘roller coaster ride’.
Intellectual puzzles: certian films genres such as the thriller ot the ‘whodunit’ offer the pleasure in trying to unravel a mystery or a puzzle. Pleasure is derived from deciphering the plot and forecasting the end or the being surprised by the unexpected.
