The Audience Problem by Nada Samih-Rotondo https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7 Compare and Contrast en-us 2017-03-22 18:54:36 UTC 2023-01-20 09:11:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png Questions: What makes a youth-produced video watchable or unwatchable? nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161943450   In what contexts do people become the audience for digital media produced by children and youth?]]> 2017-03-22 19:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161943450 Reading: nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161945180 1. Civic Life Online: Learning how digital media can engage youth.
(W. Lance Bennett)]]> 2017-03-22 19:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161945180 How do youth evaluate the quality of youth-produced films? nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161946601 2017-03-22 19:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161946601 nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161946769 youth focused their evaluations on identifying the films genre and content and on assessing how well he film makers’ creative decision fit with identifications of genre and content .

]]> 2017-03-22 19:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161946769 nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161947676 Whether from their experiences as filmmakers or as media consumers, youth seemed to create certain expectations of youth-produced films based on familiarity of genre and story, and they evaluated films based on whether those expectations were met]]> 2017-03-22 19:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161947676 There are various contexts in which people become the audience for youth produced media: nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161947879 community organizations, art shows, scholarly activities, school assignments, social events, fundraisers, etc...]]> 2017-03-22 19:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161947879 Reading: 2.What Makes a Youth Produced Film good? The Youth Audience Perspective (Halverson, Gibbons, Copeland, Andrews, Llorens & Bass) nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161950083 2017-03-22 19:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161950083 nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161950973 Youth thought something was "unwatchable, if it didn't meet the expectations of the genre or story]]> 2017-03-22 19:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161950973 deal breakers nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161951953 With deal breakers,
a creative decision or set of creative decisions seemed to defy expectations to
such an extent that youth judged the film itself as ‘bad’. The creative decision(s)
ruined the film no matter how good the story was.]]> 2017-03-22 19:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161951953 youth seemed to be following a consistent process in order to evaluate the films: nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161952501 2017-03-22 19:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161952501 1. What is the film? Youth respondents evaluated the films based on the typeof film being made, such as documentary, experimental, and autobiographical. nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161952677 2017-03-22 19:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161952677 2. What is the story? Youth respondents evaluated the films based on whatthey thought the film was supposed to be about. nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161953051 2017-03-22 19:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161953051 3. How well does it tell or show the story? Youth respondents evaluated howwell the narrative and genre were communicated using the tools of film asa communicative medium, what we termed ‘creative decisions’ nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161953253 2017-03-22 19:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161953253 Future research? We are curious whether the ideas that emerged in this study, the explicit language patterns in how young people evaluate films and the identification of reportability and credibility as defined by expectations, apply to adult instructor audiences nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161953852 2017-03-22 19:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161953852 Democracy requires broad and diverse cultural creativity. (Peter Levine) nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161978082 2017-03-22 21:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161978082 However, the technology is not enough; people must also want to create—and specifically to make products with public purposes—rather than use the Internet to get access to mass-produced culture. (Levine) nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161978264 2017-03-22 21:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161978264 Example: youth in GAP are encouraged to think about their audience from the beginning of their projects. At first, they want to reach everyone, but then they fine-tune their goals to be more realistic and to enhance their impact on their communities. They are less concerned with the number of viewers than with the kind of conversations that they provoke. nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161978496 2017-03-22 21:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161978496 Students want: audiences who have deep respect for their work and who can participate in creating change. nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161978709 2017-03-22 21:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161978709 Howard Rheingold: Recognizes that young people begin with interests and concerns, but they do not naturally or automatically possess the motivations and skills necessary to influence public opinion and institutions. We need examples in which they advance educational or civic purposes. nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161979108 2017-03-22 21:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161979108 Audience and social justice: The importance of people of color telling own stories.Sharing their stories can empower others, challenge isolation and lead to organizing campaigns. nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161979981 2017-03-22 21:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161979981 Responses to the Audience Problem: -create highly interactive, game-like environments in which youth can express public views and do civic work nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161980113 -expand audiences by marketing youth products or by organizing face-to-face events
-enable students to create digital media products with relatively low investments of time and expertise. 

]]> 2017-03-22 21:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/161980113 Final Thoughts: Factors such as segregation and stratification are powerful determinants of how people use technology. I do not believe that youth media can be fully satisfactory until young people’s communities become more democratic. nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/162000972 2017-03-23 01:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/162000972 nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/162001202 2017-03-23 01:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/162001202 nadasamih https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/162001288 2017-03-23 01:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nadasamih/74li4xi17lp7/wish/162001288