shameet gcse blog

  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

  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 th...

  TV industry contexts: blog tasks 1) What is the BBC's mission statement? its original mission statement from 1972 to inform,educate and enterain.  2) How is the BBC funded? The bbc is funded by the 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 office of communication(Ofcom) 5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom?  Ofcom regulates TV and radio in the UK through various mechanisms, including  issuing broadcast licences, enforcing the Broadcasting Code, and monitoring content standards 6) How do Doctor Who and His ...