The X factor is a very popular reality television program that is shown on a saturday evening at 7 pm on itv. There is not very many programs on at this time on saturdays so the majority of england watches it. when watching the audience will get entertainment and escapism out of watching it as it is very easy watching and due to the full range of songs which are featured on it it also allows the audience to hear popular mainstream songs in a different way also many of the acts on the show will get a make over before the live shows making them more visually appealing. An example of this would be in last years x factor james arther first audition he had very scruffy clothes, glasses, un shaven and un groomed but he was made over to make him more sexualised for the women audience to take more notice of him and want to vote for him to win. The other main gratification the audience will get from this show would be social integration as there are many features through out the show which allows people to talk about the show on popular/mainstream social networking sites such as twitter. Examples of this is during the show hastags will appear on the screen for the audience to use on twitter to link all there tweets together and over all links back to the xfactor. As the show is a reality show and uses 'real' people so the audience can relate also the show will uses many shots of the audience in the studio which will have the same reactions as you so you will feel as though you are there as well. As this show to win you are either voted in to keep or voted out and that is determined by the audience at home there fore this gives the audience a uses and they are the ones are in control. there is a very high production value for the x-factor which means it appeals to the mass audience.
La Ink is a program showen on tlc through out the weekdays normally the new series would be shown at 11am. This means it will have a niche audience as many people are either at school or work through out the day and only if the took a keen interest in tattoos or wanted to get one they would watch it later on demand or they would record the show. The show is just specific to tattoos so it would not interest a wider audience but they little audience that does watch it would get a gratification of information as they can get many different design types and ideas to aid them in making a choice of a tattoo they wish to have. As the majority of people who watch the show will have tattoos they can personally identify with the clients in the show they share their emotions and fears of getting their first tattoos. TLC is a channel that specifies in american based television shows and only TV which have sky will be able to access these type of channels also there is not very much advertising for the show, for example shows like xfator will have weeks of advertisements not just on the telly but also on billboards and magazines but la ink does not get this type advertisement maybe one advert on the telly on that specific channel a day. Therefore not many people will get to hear about the show so it can not get a wider audience and remain being niche
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