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Historical, social and cultural contexts 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? BBC Home Service  – general programming including news, talks, and entertainment. BBC Light Programme  – mainly music and entertainment for a wide audience. BBC Third Programme  – cultural and serious content like classical music, drama, and talks. 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? In  September 1967 , the BBC reorganised its radio services to modernise and appeal to younger audiences. The  Home Service, Light Programme, and Third Programme  were replaced or rebranded into four stations: BBC Radio 1  – focused on pop music and aimed at young listeners. BBC Radio 2  – light entertainment and easy listening music. BBC Radio 3  – cultural content, classical music, and serious drama (from the old Third Programme). BBC Radio 4  – news, talks, and current affairs (from the old Home Ser...

1) Read page 2. What is KISS FM's mission? The KISS Network, made up of KISS FM UK,  KISSTORY and KISS FRESH, entertains more  15-34yr olds than any other Bauer Media  brand and is extremely influential amongst  this hard-to-reach demographic. These  young people are always onto the next  thing, they want or already own the  latest cool stuff and have the devices  at their fingertips to facilitate this sense  of immediacy. It’s more than just dual  screening – it’s about using multiple devices  simultaneously from a mobile, tablet, TV,  and laptop! 2) Look at page 3. What is the target audience for KISS FM? As well as writing the key statistics from the media pack, try and suggest what  psychographic groups  would fit the KISS audience too. The KISS audience is a 15-34, 60/40 Female to Male split  and united by their love of music and the cool stuff they’re into right now. Alongside travel and movies, tech r eall...

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

1) What is the BBC's mission statement? " inform, educate, and entertain" 2) How is the BBC funded? The BBC are funded  through TV licence.  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. The BBC is regulated by OfCOM (the Office of Communications). 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.  This includes what can be shown before the  9pm watershed  and...

1) What audience do you think His Dark Materials is aimed at and why? Think about demographic and psychographic groups.  You can  revise Pyschographics here . Aimed at a contemporary family audience for the BBC Sunday night broadcast slot (8.10pm) Targeted at fans of the fantasy genre along with fans of the original books by Philip Pullman. Diverse representations of gender and race may appeal to a younger audience. Rated for 14+ by HBO due to some scenes that may be frightening to younger children. The UK DVD release of His Dark Materials season 2 is rated 12 by the BBFC. 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:    friendship, loss/isolation(danger). Personal Relationships:   Will represents everything character (normal) unused to magic; children...

1) Write an analysis of the episode - using  your notes from the screening in class .  Make specific, detailed reference to moments in the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots and movement, editing, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) You can currently  watch His Dark Materials on BBC iPlayer here . Camerawork, editing and sound:     There are many medium shots but also close ups of the characters faces, specifically Mrs coulter when she kisses the other mans hand promising to get her j ob done. Mise-en-scene:  Mrs coulters attire when she wears something red maybe connoting her power and her makeup too. However with Lyra she doesnt wear nice clothes and also  doesn't wear makeup. Narrative and genre:   The genre is a mixed of sci-fi but also adventuous as they go on many adventures and there are many things to do throughout only one  episode. You can  access our notes from the close-textual ...