media blog 2 mr halsey

  Newsbeat analysis Read the notes and listen to the extracts from Newsbeat above before answering the following questions: 1) Use  BBC Sounds to listen to Radio 1 . Scroll to a Newsbeat bulletin (8am or 12.45pm are good options) and write notes on how the bulletins may:  a) appeal to a youth audience -talks about football, music and young related things    b) help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster.  -talking about war and current political affairs. Media Factsheet #224: Industrial contexts of Radio Read  Media Factsheet #224 Understanding the Industrial Context of Radio . You'll need your Greenford google login to access it. 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 says that a lot of people still use radio to this day whether they are in their cars ect. 2)  Look at the page 4 section on media theories. Briefly summ

  Introduction to radio: blog tasks Create a new blogpost called 'Introduction to Radio' on your  Media 2 Coursework blog  and complete the following tasks: BBC Sounds Read  this Guardian feature on the launch of BBC Sounds  and answer the following questions: 1) Why does the article suggest that ‘on the face of it, BBC Radio is in rude health’? Because it has half the national market with dozens of stations reaching more than 34 million people a week. 2) According to the article, what percentage of under-35s used the BBC iPlayer catch-up radio app? Just 3% 3) What is BBC Sounds? BBC sounds is a new app which people can use to listen to the radio or podcasts ect. 4) How do audiences listen to radio content in the digital age? In the digital age people listen to the radio content through spotify and apps similar to it 5) What does Jason Phipps suggest is important for radio and podcast content aimed at younger audiences? He suggests that the stories and radios created must have

  1) Research: TV crime drama extract analysis  You need to write a  close-textual analysis  of six TV crime drama extracts. For each extract, focus on a different aspect of media language, and embed each one on your blog:   Chicago PD : Narrative and genre How is the narrative and the crime drama genre communicated to the audience? -The use of props such as police cars, weapons, costumes and the frequent use of radio which always keeps the readers on high alert thus revealling that crime may be happening within Chicago.   -The pinboard is often shown in which images and strings are attatched which create a sense of narrative or possible mission for the crew to tackle. Multi strand narrative. Breaking Bad :   Mise-en-scene What do you notice about the use of mise-en-scene to create meanings for the audience? Think CLAMPS. -The use of a deserted field where only a caravan can be seen with the two cast memebers which suggests that they are on their own/no one is able to help them while