TV industry contexts: blog tasks

 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 least 150 words.

Doctor Who allows the BBC to complete their mission statement because it informs and educates their audience about history (such as in 'An Unearthly Child' when Susan refers to the French Revolution) and also educates them about time and space (including time travel which could be argued doesn't educate people as it hasn't been invented yet). Additionally, Doctor Who is a good example for the BBC's mission statement because as it educates audiences, it simultaneously entertains the audience with the plot about The Doctor (and Susan) solving mysteries and basically saves the world from its end. Although His Dark Materials may not be as good as an example as Doctor Who, it also entertains the audience with the adventure/fantasy plot of the entire prophecy and adventure. To an extent, some may argue that His Dark Materials controversially informs audiences about corruption within government leaders and perhaps even religion as a negative factor. 

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