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Kiss fm

  Context: Deregulation and the Evolution of Radio 1. What is meant by the term ‘deregulation’ in the context of the UK radio industry? How does this contrast with how the UK government historically controlled the airwaves up until the 1970s? The term deregulation refers to the progressive easing of government and regulatory constraints on commercial stations, particularly regarding formatting, local content mandates, and ownership limits. 2. Explain how deregulation dismantled ownership laws. How did this change allow multinational media conglomerates to sweep in and build massive national brand networks? Deregulation dismantled historical media ownership laws by stripping away New Deal–era Federal Communications Commission (FCC) limits on cross-media ownership and audience reach. 3. In a heavily regulated era, radio stations faced strict penalties or license loss if they abandoned local programming or dropped community news quotas. How has modern deregulation allowed Bauer M...

Radio 1 launch csp

  Historical, Social and Cultural Contexts 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? Bbc radio light and radio home. 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? They reoarganised in september 1967 by rebranding old stations and each new station had a clear end goal. Bbc radio light was replaced with by radio 2 and bbc third was made into station 3. 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? Pirate radio was when stations would go overseas to play music and it was popular as music use to be limited on the main stations due to laws but pirate stations could play music all day due to the fact that they didn't have to oblige to any laws due to them not being i8n the country. 4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? As needle time was increased so stations like the Bbc could play music for longer meaning their was no need for pirate radio. 5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirat...

Television and radio index

  1. Doctor who csp 2. His dark materials 3. BBc and industrys radio 1 launch csp

his dark materials

Language and close-textual analysis 1) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre ? It fits the conventions of the  fantasy tv genre as it includes supernatural elements, its background music is an orchestral which is commonly seen in fantasy tv, and is set within medieval era which is highly used. 2) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?  Lyra fits into the role of the hero. Mrs courtler fits into the role of a villain. Will parry fits into the role od an assistant helping Lyra. 3) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in His Dark Materials? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) Within the series they use a range of diegetic and non-diegitic sound, for example they use non- diegetic sound with the narrator to apply context to the audience...

Magazines and Music Video Assessment: Learner Response

  1) Type up your WWW/EBI feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). Good understanding of celebrity  presentation. For question 5 focus on how the mv performance reflects audience. 2) Read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 1  Q2: 6  Q3: 4 Q4:2 Q5: 2 3) Look specifically at question 2. Use the indicative content in the mark scheme for question 2 to write three connotations of the design and layout of Tatler. . the denotation of one central image directly addressing the audience enables the audience to see the aspirational Tatler reader – an upmarket, sophisticated woman the choice of white and black font/typography against the natural setting connotes that the magazine is both fresh and modern but from a classy, traditional base. This is likely how the Tatler audience would like to see themselves the soft focus also draws the eye to th...

Doctor who

  1) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  Todorov's Equilibrium: At first we see nothing happening which is the first step, after we saw them building suspicion and findinf the tardis, after this they go to the stone age which is the last step Propp's character theory:     Barthes's enigma and action codes: Levi-Strauss's binary opposition:  2) In your opinion, what is the most important scene in the episode and why?  The most imporant scene in this episode is when they found the tardis as it set the scene for decades of more doctor who episodes to come out. 3) What genre is  An Unearthly Child  and how can you tell? Make specific reference to aspects of the episode. The genre is sci fi, you can tell this as we see them going on a rocket type of ship called the tardis aswell as they're being more advanced technology than what was known as accesible in the 60s.Which shows its science based but nevetheless...

Artic monkeys

Audience 1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band. We know that they are are mainly teenage boys who are from England ands they got introduced to the group from the internet.  2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? It offers them pleasures by creating a personal connection from the group to the audience. 3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to Arctic Monkeys fans. Why did you choose those moments? The opening line as it presents their raw authenticity. They use close camera shots to present their real feelings within the moment Them using 1980s cameras to portray how music use to be appeasls to the fans as sme of the older generation could tune into their music and feel nostalgic. 4) How did fans take a leading role in making Arctic Monkeys famous back in 2005? As they used p2p servi...