Evaluation AND audience feedback

Evaluation and Audience feedback:

The research task which was set was not an easy one, I did struggle a little bit to find relevant sources in which it would help me to present both sides of the arguments concerning piracy of music downloads. Apart from this I would say my research skills were shown to be decent and I was confident in structuring a two sided argument for and against the use of piracy for music downloads. The websites which I have used were really helpful for example the website arguing against piracy was wikipedia, although at times wikipedia is not a suitable website to use, however, once i've read the arguments clearly I understood what that person was saying and I thought it was a good arguments to make, hence, the reason I have included that persons arguments in my article. My writing and journalistic skills is however, better than my research skills and I am able to use a variety of good vocabulary in my writing. I am hoping I produce outstanding work during the writing course for the coursework intended for media.

  

The use of InDesign I must admit is sometimes difficult, the reason is because firstly, I have never used this software before so everything is new to me. Secondly, it is hard to use new software’s and you do tend to forget steps on how to do certain things on InDesign. However, I have used similar software’s called Photoshop; I have adjusted to this programme due to the reason that I have taken notes on how to use this software, which has helped me immensely. Hence, the reason I have decided to also take notes on how to use InDesign which will hopefully help me to amend to the new programme which we will be using in Media.

Although I do not blog or use any online web publishing sites, I have uploaded my article for the public to view. I am still adjusting to the use of web publishing and having some difficulties to regulate, however, the more I start to use online web publishing sites the more it is getting easier for me to amend to online ‘blogging’ sites. Hopefully, I continue to use the web publishing sites and become even more confident in using these types of sites. There are many advantages of using web publishing sites such as 'blogger' one reason is that it is free and it allows you to post your work for everyone to view and also comment on any suggestions or improvements. It is also very easy to access and can be used easily, as it does not require much work in order to upload blogs onto your account.

The audience feedback was helpful and I have also got a few suggestions on how to make my magazine and article even better. Person 1, asked me to add my own opinion to my article, in order to improve my article, hence, the reason I have added my own opinion and reason as to why I am against downloading music illegally. Person 2, told me to add another statistic in on music piracy, therefore, the audience will be even shocked and will realise that the download of music illegally is a really big issue and the problem should be noticed and become more aware of. The audience feedback was really useful and helped me to improve my article so my intended target audience enjoy reading my magazine and positively understand the issues I am expressing in my article.

I have spotted many weaknesses during the course of doing the induction assignment; however, I have also made targets which I will stick to in order to make my article and my magazine of an ‘A’ grade standard. I will make sure I complete all my given tasks on time so that I am organised and up to date with my coursework to ensure that I don't fall behind.   

By Shahena Islam