Media Blog 2 - coursework - Mr Bush

  1) What news stories were featured in the bulletin you listened to? Heart attacks in sport , Belfast Stabbing  2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience? Not including as many details that an adult news story would , Fun intro , Shorter form  3) How might Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster?  Informs and educates the younger generation on current stories , entertain with some soft news and the intro    4) How is the history and launch of Radio 1 summarised in the factsheet? emulate the new ‘DJ style’ of radio, heard only on the pirate radio stations. The first words spoken by him were, “Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio One.” 5) Look at page 3 of the factsheet. How is Radio 1 attempting to appeal to its 15-29 age demographic?  wide range of new music styles and support emerging artists, in particular those from the UK; with at least 60 hours a week dedicated to specialist music...

  1) Read the first two pages of the factsheet. How does the Factsheet argue that radio still has cultural significance in the digital age?  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. You can now ‘go beyond  radio’ with hardware such as the Amazon Echo Auto which uses  Bluetooth to enable you to access radio stations from all over the  world in your car via your phone. Radio is a global medium. 2) Look at the page 4 section on media theories. Briefly summarise the ideas of Curran and Seaton, Hesmondhalgh and Livingstone and Lunt. Curran and Seaton - newspapers are vanishing at  an alarming rate, the loss of a radio station  leaves a community with another cultural  and informational deficit. Communities are  diminished when they lose their local radio  stations’. The horizontal integration of companies and buying u...