Pritam's Media GSCE 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

 1) What is the BBC's mission statement? Inform, Educate, Entertain  2) How is the BBC funded? The BBC is funded by the TV licence that are collected by the government  3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? - 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. OFCOM 5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom?  OFCOM oversees all media channels and produces a code of conduct that all media channels must follow or have their licence to make content removed and/or be fined heavily 6) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the BBC to meet the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain? Answer this question in at lea...

  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 . Aimed at a contemporary family audience for the BBC Sunday night broadcast slot (8.10pm) and is targeted at fans of the fantasy genre along with fans of the original books by Philip Pullman. It is rated for 14+ by HBO due to some scenes that may be frightening to younger children. The UK DVD release of His Dark Materials season 2 is rated 12 by the BBFC 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: Oxford/ our world , teenagers Personal Relationships: Will + Lyra , famous actors: Ruth Wilson and Lin-manuel Miranda  Diversion (Escapism): Dramatic and exciting. When the witch is on her way to the magestrium...