Tara Media Coursework

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? Belfast knife attack + football + med 2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience? It's very fast paced which attracts and helps focus a younger audience , as due to the development of social media , such as tiktok which is short form videos has lead to the younger generations to have shorter attention span . Paired with music and talking about current things which may interest them such as football rather than serious indents such as the Belfast knife attack.  3) How might Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster?  Inform - Such as through what it currently happening for example the Belfast knife attack even though it may not be an appropriate subject for youngers, BBC one talks about in a way which info...

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?  The medium of radio is the trail-blazer of twentieth century broadcast forms of communication and even though digital platforms such as iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and many more platforms may be challenging it , it still reaches billions of people. Radio accompanies us in our cars, on commutes through mobile devices and can be found in our homes through television, radio, and voice activated speakers 2) Look at the page 4 section on media theories. Briefly summarise the ideas of Curran and Seaton, Hesmondhalgh and Livingstone and Lunt. Media output is concentr...