Media audiences cant all be generalized into one group. Some audiences are passive and some are active, some fall victim to the “lowest common denominator” and some audiences can look critically at texts and see propaganda messages while others can’t. We can look at audiences in groups but I think it is more effective to break those groups up into the specific media they choose to participate in. By doing these blogs I got to look at characteristics of audiences and media they consume that I usually wouldn’t otherwise. I looked at the idea of the lowest common denominator and realized some shows fall victim to this that I hadn’t thought about before. We can look audiences critically but can only form so many assumptions.

Sarah Beth Mounts