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  1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? PIRATE RADIO STATIONS 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? A new pop music station, BBC Radio 1, was also launched, specifically to compete with and replace pirate radio stations. 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? It was listening to music for as long as u want on a boat 4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? made it illegal for British citizens to work for or assist in running offshore, unlicensed radio stations 5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down? 6) What was 'needle time' and why was it a problem for BBC Radio? 7) How did BBC Radio 1 offer different content to previous BBC radio stations? 8) Who was the first presenter for BBC Radio 1 and why did these new Radio 1 DJs cause upset initially at the traditional BBC? 9) Listen to excerpts from the Tony Blackburn's first...
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tv drama index

  1)   Television: Introduction to TV drama 2) Doctor Who: Language and Representation 3) Doctor Who: Audience and Industries 4)  His Dark Materials: Language and Representation 5) His Dark Materials: Audience and Industries 6) Industry contexts: the BBC and public service broadcasting
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TV industry contexts: blog tasks

  1) What is the BBC's mission statement? inform, educate, and entertain 2) How is the BBC funded? by the government and tv license 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the  notes above). To provide information (that is supposed to be balanced) To support learning for people of all ages To produce creative output To have diverse content (such as with its representations) To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world 4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above. OFCOM 5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom?  OfCOM oversees all media channels and produces a code of conduct that all media channels must follow or have their licence to make content removed and/or be fined heavily. 6) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the BBC to meet the  BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain ? Answer this question...
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His dark materials- Audience and industry

  1) What audience do you think His Dark Materials is aimed at and why? Think about demographic and psychographic groups. Teens - 20+ 2) What audience pleasures are offered by His Dark Materials - The City of Magpies? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity: Friendships, loss, isolation. teenage protagonists Personal Relationships: Will represents enigma character unuse to magic character, children need protection Diversion (Escapism): Supernatural different worlds talking animals 3) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to His Dark Materials? Refer to specific scenes or moments in the episode to explain your answer.  Visceral: Exciting action and magical moments make you feel strong emotions. Vicarious: You feel like you’re on the adventure with the characters....
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Doctor who- Lang and representation

  2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of  Doctor Who ?   Todorov's Equilibrium:   The episode starts with everything normal, then something goes wrong, and by the end, the Doctor fixes it and everything goes back to normal.  Propp's character theory:   The Doctor is the hero, the companion helps out, the villain causes trouble, and other characters have roles like guiding or helping the hero.   Barthes's enigma and action codes: The story is full of mysteries the Doctor needs to solve (enigma codes) and events that push the plot forward, like battles or big choices (action codes).  Levi-Strauss's binary opposition:  T he episode shows contrasts like good vs. bad (Doctor vs. villain) or chaos vs. order, creating tension between these opposites.  3) In your opinion, what is the most important scene in the episode and why? In my opinion, the most important scene is when the Doctor faces...
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Doctor Who: Audience and Industry blog tasks

  1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? The target audience for Doctor Who has always been families and kids, but over time it's also drawn in more teens and adults who love sci-fi and adventure. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity:  Viewers might relate to characters like the curious and brave teachers, Ian and Barbara, or feel like Susan if they've ever felt different or misunderstood. Personal Relationships: The show gives people something to talk about with friends or family, like guessing who the Doctor really is or what might happen next.   Diversion (Escapism): The time travel and strange TARDIS take viewers away from normal life into an exciting world, like when they suddenly end up in the Stone Age. Surveillan...
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advertising assessment LR

  1) Type up your  WWW/EBI feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).  WWW- able to explore the social cultural and historical contexts of adverts of adverts with reference to omo csp EBI- Revise advertising conventions revise both galaxy and nhs represent csps red the questions carefully to respond to task 2) Read the  mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 0/2 Q2: 7/12 Q3: 3/6 Q4: 5/12 3)  Look specifically at  question 2  - the OMO 12-mark question. Pick out  three  points from the mark scheme that you didn't include in your answer.  - Specialist terminology is used appropriately and effectively throughout. -Notions of what a ‘real woman’ was – somebody who looks after the home. • Mass production of washing machines/twin tubs etc. This eased the burden on women. 4) Now look at  question 3...
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