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Uses and Gratifications Theory
Deshaun Watson
What is it?
Approach to understanding why and how people
actively seek out specific media to satisfy
specific needs.
Who uses it?
Mass communication attempts to explain the uses and the
functions of the media for individuals, groups, and society in
general.
What’s the point?
Media source they are using to fill a void or satisfy a need they are having.
Those needs can be relaxing, passing time/bored, entertainment and need a
laugh, communicating with friends, emotional feelings, or just staying up to
date with today’s popular culture.
What the critics are saying..
There are too many different meanings associated with the terms
“audience motives,” “uses,” and “gratifications” which has
slowed unified theoretical development in this area.
Other researchers say that this theory is not represented as a
single theory. They call it the umbrella concept in which several
theories reside.
The uses and gratifications theory’s open questionnaires are not
reliable for true data use.
What else about Uses and
Gratifications..
There are three objectives in developing uses and
gratifications theory: 1) to explain how individuals use
mass communication to gratify their needs. “What do
people do with the media”. 2) to discover underlying
motives for individuals’ media use. 3) to identify the
positive and the negative consequences of individual
media use.
Uses and gratifications theory presentation for COMM 2010

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Uses and gratifications theory presentation for COMM 2010

  • 1. Uses and Gratifications Theory Deshaun Watson
  • 2. What is it? Approach to understanding why and how people actively seek out specific media to satisfy specific needs.
  • 3. Who uses it? Mass communication attempts to explain the uses and the functions of the media for individuals, groups, and society in general.
  • 4. What’s the point? Media source they are using to fill a void or satisfy a need they are having. Those needs can be relaxing, passing time/bored, entertainment and need a laugh, communicating with friends, emotional feelings, or just staying up to date with today’s popular culture.
  • 5. What the critics are saying.. There are too many different meanings associated with the terms “audience motives,” “uses,” and “gratifications” which has slowed unified theoretical development in this area. Other researchers say that this theory is not represented as a single theory. They call it the umbrella concept in which several theories reside. The uses and gratifications theory’s open questionnaires are not reliable for true data use.
  • 6. What else about Uses and Gratifications.. There are three objectives in developing uses and gratifications theory: 1) to explain how individuals use mass communication to gratify their needs. “What do people do with the media”. 2) to discover underlying motives for individuals’ media use. 3) to identify the positive and the negative consequences of individual media use.