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Thinking about your 
Audience 
Foundation Production
All media texts are made with 
an audience in mind and 
your production should be 
no exception
All media texts are made with 
an audience in mind and 
your production should be 
no exception
Do you think there 
would be an 
audience for your 
film?
Thinking about your audience
Thinking about your audience
Thinking about your audience
Thinking about your audience
If not no one would 
finance the 
production.
You must know and 
find your audience.
You must know and 
find your audience.
As a media producer you 
need to know things 
like the¡­ 
? age
As a media producer you 
need to know things 
like the¡­ 
? age 
? gender
As a media producer you 
need to know things 
like the¡­ 
? age 
? gender 
? class
As a media producer you 
need to know things 
like the¡­ 
? age 
? gender 
? class 
? ethnicity
As a media producer you 
need to know things 
like the¡­ 
? age 
? gender 
? class 
? ethnicity 
? location
As a media producer you 
need to know things 
like the¡­ 
? age 
? gender 
? class 
? ethnicity 
? location 
? income bracket
This is called the audience 
Demographic
Once you know this 
you can make sure 
your text is going to 
appeal to your 
audience 
Demographic
You also need to 
consider how your 
audience is going to 
react to or engage 
with your text
You also need to 
consider how your 
audience is going to 
react to or engage 
with your text
We can try to predict 
reaction by considering¡­
We can try to predict 
reaction by considering¡­ 
? audience engagement
We can try to predict 
reaction by considering¡­ 
? audience engagement 
? audience expectations
We can try to predict 
reaction by considering¡­ 
? audience engagement 
? audience expectations 
? audience foreknowledge
We can try to predict 
reaction by considering¡­ 
? audience engagement 
? audience expectations 
? audience foreknowledge 
? audience identification
We can try to predict 
reaction by considering¡­ 
? audience engagement 
? audience expectations 
? audience foreknowledge 
? audience identification 
? audience placement
We can try to predict 
reaction by considering¡­ 
? audience engagement 
? audience expectations 
? audience foreknowledge 
? audience identification 
? audience placement 
? audience research
We can try to predict 
reaction by considering¡­ 
? audience engagement 
? audience expectations 
? audience foreknowledge 
? audience identification 
? audience placement 
? audience research
A text has no 
meaning until it is 
read or decoded by 
an audience
A text has no 
meaning until it is 
read or decoded by 
an audience
Encoding & Decoding
There are many theories 
which attempt to explain 
how an audience 
receives, reads and 
responds to a text.
There are many theories 
which attempt to explain 
how an audience 
receives, reads and 
responds to a text.
Thinking about your audience
Audience 
Theory 
Foundation Production
These theories help us to 
deconstruct the 
relationship between 
audience and text
The Hypodermic Needle Model 
Sometimes referred to as the Silver Bullet 
Model (Schram1982), this is the idea that 
the mass media are so powerful that they 
can 'inject¡® their messages into the 
audience.
The Hypodermic Needle Model 
Sometimes referred to as the Silver Bullet 
Model (Schram1982), this is the idea that 
the mass media are so powerful that they 
can 'inject¡® their messages into the 
audience.
The Hypodermic Needle Model 
Sometimes referred to as the Silver Bullet 
Model (Schram1982), this is the idea that 
the mass media are so powerful that they 
can 'inject¡® their messages into the 
audience.
The Hypodermic Needle Model
The Hypodermic Needle Model
The Hypodermic Needle Model 
The idea that an audience can be precisely 
targeted by a ¡°magic bullet¡±. Then they 
irresistibly fall down when hit by the bullet.
The Hypodermic Needle Model 
The idea that an audience can be precisely 
targeted by a ¡°magic bullet¡±. Then they 
irresistibly fall down when hit by the bullet. 
In brief - it is the idea that the makers of 
media messages can get us to do whatever 
they want us to do.
The Two Step Flow Model
The Two Step Flow Model 
? A more sophisticated idea...
The Two Step Flow Model 
? A more sophisticated idea... 
? Ideas are filtered through opinion leaders
The Two Step Flow Model 
? A more sophisticated idea... 
? Ideas are filtered through opinion leaders
The Two Step Flow Model 
? A more sophisticated idea... 
? Ideas are filtered through opinion leaders 
? This waters down the message 
diminishing the power of the media
The Two Step Flow Model 
? A more sophisticated idea... 
? Ideas are filtered through opinion leaders 
? This waters down the message 
diminishing the power of the media
What is the third theory? 
Please review these theories and research this for 
yourself. 
Make sure there is content on your blog to show 
that you have thought about your audience and 
understand these theories

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Thinking about your audience

  • 1. Thinking about your Audience Foundation Production
  • 2. All media texts are made with an audience in mind and your production should be no exception
  • 3. All media texts are made with an audience in mind and your production should be no exception
  • 4. Do you think there would be an audience for your film?
  • 9. If not no one would finance the production.
  • 10. You must know and find your audience.
  • 11. You must know and find your audience.
  • 12. As a media producer you need to know things like the¡­ ? age
  • 13. As a media producer you need to know things like the¡­ ? age ? gender
  • 14. As a media producer you need to know things like the¡­ ? age ? gender ? class
  • 15. As a media producer you need to know things like the¡­ ? age ? gender ? class ? ethnicity
  • 16. As a media producer you need to know things like the¡­ ? age ? gender ? class ? ethnicity ? location
  • 17. As a media producer you need to know things like the¡­ ? age ? gender ? class ? ethnicity ? location ? income bracket
  • 18. This is called the audience Demographic
  • 19. Once you know this you can make sure your text is going to appeal to your audience Demographic
  • 20. You also need to consider how your audience is going to react to or engage with your text
  • 21. You also need to consider how your audience is going to react to or engage with your text
  • 22. We can try to predict reaction by considering¡­
  • 23. We can try to predict reaction by considering¡­ ? audience engagement
  • 24. We can try to predict reaction by considering¡­ ? audience engagement ? audience expectations
  • 25. We can try to predict reaction by considering¡­ ? audience engagement ? audience expectations ? audience foreknowledge
  • 26. We can try to predict reaction by considering¡­ ? audience engagement ? audience expectations ? audience foreknowledge ? audience identification
  • 27. We can try to predict reaction by considering¡­ ? audience engagement ? audience expectations ? audience foreknowledge ? audience identification ? audience placement
  • 28. We can try to predict reaction by considering¡­ ? audience engagement ? audience expectations ? audience foreknowledge ? audience identification ? audience placement ? audience research
  • 29. We can try to predict reaction by considering¡­ ? audience engagement ? audience expectations ? audience foreknowledge ? audience identification ? audience placement ? audience research
  • 30. A text has no meaning until it is read or decoded by an audience
  • 31. A text has no meaning until it is read or decoded by an audience
  • 33. There are many theories which attempt to explain how an audience receives, reads and responds to a text.
  • 34. There are many theories which attempt to explain how an audience receives, reads and responds to a text.
  • 37. These theories help us to deconstruct the relationship between audience and text
  • 38. The Hypodermic Needle Model Sometimes referred to as the Silver Bullet Model (Schram1982), this is the idea that the mass media are so powerful that they can 'inject¡® their messages into the audience.
  • 39. The Hypodermic Needle Model Sometimes referred to as the Silver Bullet Model (Schram1982), this is the idea that the mass media are so powerful that they can 'inject¡® their messages into the audience.
  • 40. The Hypodermic Needle Model Sometimes referred to as the Silver Bullet Model (Schram1982), this is the idea that the mass media are so powerful that they can 'inject¡® their messages into the audience.
  • 43. The Hypodermic Needle Model The idea that an audience can be precisely targeted by a ¡°magic bullet¡±. Then they irresistibly fall down when hit by the bullet.
  • 44. The Hypodermic Needle Model The idea that an audience can be precisely targeted by a ¡°magic bullet¡±. Then they irresistibly fall down when hit by the bullet. In brief - it is the idea that the makers of media messages can get us to do whatever they want us to do.
  • 45. The Two Step Flow Model
  • 46. The Two Step Flow Model ? A more sophisticated idea...
  • 47. The Two Step Flow Model ? A more sophisticated idea... ? Ideas are filtered through opinion leaders
  • 48. The Two Step Flow Model ? A more sophisticated idea... ? Ideas are filtered through opinion leaders
  • 49. The Two Step Flow Model ? A more sophisticated idea... ? Ideas are filtered through opinion leaders ? This waters down the message diminishing the power of the media
  • 50. The Two Step Flow Model ? A more sophisticated idea... ? Ideas are filtered through opinion leaders ? This waters down the message diminishing the power of the media
  • 51. What is the third theory? Please review these theories and research this for yourself. Make sure there is content on your blog to show that you have thought about your audience and understand these theories