Ms. Wigley - Homework

Do the texts enable different types of audience activity and/or interaction?
The x factor have made the broadcasting available over two days Saturday and Sunday, as people felt it was to short they have done this to keep audiences interested as results are announced on the Sunday it allows people to reflect on performers performances.

X factor have got a number of stars performers to perform and this will make it more interesting for more audiences as they are more engaged. Rihanna, Katy Perry both performed and this engaged more people to watch the x factor because of these iconic singers.

Broadcasting this allows the audience to interact by pressing the red button allowing them to navigate to a different page. This allows the audience to vote for the act they like furthermore they can also ring as well to register their vote. Moreover the audience can play quizzes via broadcasting and this makes the audience feel involved.

Are audiences able to play a role in the construction of media texts? (UGC)
In the x factor the audience play a considerable amount of involvement in constructing the media text. The audience have control and power to who will win and who will be voted on the reality TV show.  So the audience are constructing the media text because they decide what happen in the TV program.

This is discouraging as the audience use their power to keep contestants in even though they are not good at singing.

The audience also construct the text via social networking sites allowing them to talk to other people about the performances and the judges’ views and feedback.

Are there differences in the audience gratifications offered across the three platforms?

The audience are able to cast a vote which gives them power and pleasure. Furthermore they are able to interact with games and competitions.
The audience gain entertainment from the x factor over the three platforms. As x factor have a website people are able to link it their social networks therefore giving the audience social interaction.

Change in technology
The changing technology allows the x factor to appeal to more audiences, the internet has become more common in people’s lives and the x factor has used to internet to create their own website and allow people to express their opinion via blogs and social networking sites.

A change in technology allows apps to be made for phones and people can interact from wherever they are. As x factor are common In newspapers, Steve jobs and Rupert Murdoch have created an app allowing people to access news and this shows the technology changing as people are able to get info wherever they are