Audience Theory 1
Hypodermic needle model 1) Read this Mail Online article about the effects of videogames . How does this article link to the hypodermic needle model? This links to the HNM because it suggests that because games like COD normalise violence are injected with the idea that the world is just as violent as the game. Showing how the HNM tries to prove that people cannot separate the game world from the real world, reflecting those ideas into the real world. 2) How does coverage of the Talk Talk hacking case link to the hypodermic needle model? Why might someone criticise this front page? It is implying that the boy is violent and disconnected from the world because of the games he plays, suggesting they directly influence his behaviour and ideas about the world. This could be criticised because it cannot be proven that his video games are what make him act the way he does. Two-step flow model 1) Summarise the two-step flow model. What is an opinion leader? It was a response to the HNM