Kaye: Media Coursework Blog 2 - Mr Bush

Newsbeat analysis Use  BBC Sounds to listen to Radio 1 . Select a Newsbeat bulletin (8am or 12.45pm are good options) and then answer the following questions:  1) What news stories were featured in the bulletin you listened to? The news stories that was featured in the bulletin I listened to was about sports, specifically football and Paraguay’s biggest win in the World Cup. 2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience? Newsbeat might appeal to a youth audience by producing news in a shorter length as well as focusing on soft news such as sports as they are more interested in it.  3) How might Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster?  Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a PSB by keeping and focusing on their remit, to inform, educate and entertain. They provide surveillance especially for younger audience as well as providing a range of contents for their entertainment . Media Factsheet #246: BBC R...

  Read  Media Factsheet #224 Understanding the Industrial Context of Radio . This will give you a wider perspective on industry contexts for radio with particular focus on the industry theorists (Hesmondhalgh, Curran & Seaton, Livingstone & Lunt). Answer the following questions:  1) Read the first two pages of the factsheet. How does the Factsheet argue that radio still has cultural significance in the digital age?  It argues that radio still has significance through the idea that radio is still popular and used significantly by other countries such as Africa where people still ave limited access to internet. It is also significant through the idea that it accompanies people in their car as well as the fact that different formats such as magazine format or advertising all started from radio.  2) Look at the page 4 section on media theories. Briefly summarise the ideas of Curran and Seaton, Hesmondhalgh and Livingstone and Lunt. Curran and Seaton - “Commu...