AshanGCSEmediablog

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? The BBC'S mission statements were to Inform, Educate and Entertain these mission statements were from 1927 and are still up today. 2) How is the BBC funded? The money raided from the licence fee is used to fund the BBC and its shows and services. And the licence fee is £174.50.  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  - To provide learning for all ages - To produce creative output - To have diverse content that reflects all communities  - To reflect the United Kingdom and it's cultures 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 regulator for TV and Radio is Ofcom ( The office of communications ) and they have a code of conduct that all media must follow like not having anything 14+ before 9pm , which is the watershed. 5) H...

  Audience 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 . His Dark Materials is aimed at families , as the episode airs on a Sunday night at 8 PM, and is also intended for people who enjoy reading Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials  books. It is also targeted at people who enjoy the fantasy  genre.  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: People can find identity through Lyra and Will as they are your normal teenagers, and Will is also from Oxford, like some other people.  Personal Relationships: People can form relationships with Will and Lyra because they are the main characters, and we get to see things from their perspect...