Ishmeet Mr Halsey media coursework 2

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 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? Celebrity news, music news, sports, politics. 2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience? Radio 1 Newsbeat bulletins at 8 a.m. or 12:45 p.m. may appeal to a youth audience through their use of modern music, informal language, and a focus on topics and issues relevant to young people, such as pop culture, entertainment, and current events. 3) How might Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster?  They can fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster by providing accurate and unbiased news coverage, promoting diversity and inclusion, and engaging with younger audiences who may not consume news through traditional channels. Media Factsheet #246: BBC Radio 1 N...

Introduction to Radio 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’? It has half the national market, with dozens of stations reaching more than 34 million people a week. Radio 2 alone reaches 15 million listeners a week and for all the criticism of the Today programme  2) According to the article, what percentage of under-35s used the BBC iPlayer catch-up radio app? Purnell says just 3% of under-35s use the iPlayer catch-up radio app, which will soon be axed. 3) What is BBC Sounds? BBC Sounds is a streaming media and audio download service from the BBC. It includes live radio broadcasts, audio on demand and podcasts. 4) How do audiences listen to radio content in the digital age? Spotify has started to include a large number of podcasts – including BBC material – directly in its app and a growing number of people listen to the ra...

  Music Video: index Your final Music Video index should include the following: 1)  Music Video: Introduction - factsheet questions 2)  Music Video: Old Town Road CSP 3)  Music Video: Postcolonial theory 4)  Music Video: Ghost Town CSP 5)  Music Video: Postmodernism and music video

Postmodernism in music video Media Magazine Theory Drop - Postmodernism Create a new blog post called 'Postmodernism in music video: blog tasks'. Read ‘The Theory Drop: Postmodernism’ in MM66  (p26). You'll  find our Media Magazine archive here  - remember you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. Answer the following questions: 1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article? If modernism is beginning to question authority, then postmodernism is making fun of authority to its face. Postmodernism takes this concept of questioning traditional structures, representations and expectations and pushes things a step further. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay ' The Death of the Author '? In his essay The Death of the Author, he challenged tradition when he said that a writer’s opinions, intentions or interpretations of their own work are no more valid than anyone else’s. 3) What is meta...

The Specials - Ghost Town Background and historical contexts Read  this excellent analysis from The Conversation website of the impact Ghost Town had both musically and visually . Answer the following questions 1)  Why does the writer link the song to cinematic soundtracks and music hall tradition? Written in E♭, more attuned to “mood music”, with nods to cinematic soundtracks and music hall tradition, it reflects and engenders anxiety. 2) What subcultures did 2 Tone emerge from in the late 1970s? 2 Tone had emerged stylistically from the Mod and Punk subcultures. 3) What social contexts are discussed regarding the UK in 1981? England was hit by recession and away from rural Skinhead nights, riots were breaking out across its urban areas. Deprived, forgotten, run down and angry, these were places where young people, black and white, erupted. In these neglected parts of London, Birmingham, Leeds and Liverpool the young, the unemployed, and the disaffected fought pitch battles w...