Media 1:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My first media is a video that I came across in my Facebook feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre for this media is a video. The original source of the media was created and/or shared on the DJ Vadmin Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• I came across this image while scrolling through several video recommendations.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to entertain.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to click on the video to see what the voice over commentator would say.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and watched the full video since I have grown to enjoy more voice over videos where people make their own comments. After watching this video several times, I then shared it.

If your engagement was active, provide the rhetorical situation for the media (1 per week)

• Purpose: The purpose of this media was to entertain.
• Audience: The intended audience was anyone interested in soccer and/or soccer bloopers/accidents.
• Genre: The medium used was Facebook, and the genre used was a video.
• Context: This was being shared and discussed  by anyone following the DJ Vadmin Facebook page or those who are friends with users who share the  video.
• Exigence: This media focused on mocking/commenting on a specific soccer player’s awesome save/accident.
• Subject: The subject of this media was a soccer and more specifically, a soccer player’s sacrifice to save his team from being scored on.

Media 2:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My second media is a meme that I came across in my Facebook feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre for this a video. The original source of the media was created and/or shared on the E4 Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• This media appeared on my Facebook as a recommendation after watching a video of The Big Bang Theory bloopers.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to entertain and to make people laugh.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to watch the video since I enjoy watching these videos.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and watched the whole video. I then shared it.

Media 3:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My third media is a video that I came across in my Facebook feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre is a video. The original source of the media was created and/or shared by the Following Video Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• This video was shared by Nicole on Facebook.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to show the work of a sketch artist while also allowing the viewers to love (and possibly cry) with the man’s description of his wife.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to watch the whole video to see the story and descriptions given to the sketch artist.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and watched the whole video. I then shared the video.

Media 4:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My fourth media is a video that I came across was sent to me through Messenger.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre for this is a video. The original source of the video was created and shared on the American Idol Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• I came across this video when it was shared with my through Messenger by Yesenia.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to show one of the amazing talents that went through the American Idol show.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to watch the video.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I watched the full video. I then commented on the message sent to me along with the video.

Media 5:

Where did you view or hear the media?

• My fifth media is a video that I came across in my Facebook feed.

What is the genre and source of the media? (e.g. meme created by @gofindfun; advertisement in my feed)

• The genre for this a video. The original source of the video was created and/or shared on the Diply Humor Facebook page.

How did you encounter this media? (e.g. shared by @markywells; checking my news feed)

• This video showed up as a recommendation after I had watched a series of videos.

What was the purpose of the media?

• The purpose of the media was to entertain and mock the game the players are in.

What was your initial reaction to the media? (laughed; clicked the link)

• My initial reaction was to watch the video and see what the voice over has to say.

Was your engagement with the media passive (scrolled past/didn’t view) or active (clicked the link/read or listened)? What motivated this type of engagement?

• My engagement with the media was active. I stopped and watched the full video. I then shared the video and also showed it to my two sisters who were in the room when I watched it.