A level media coursework blog

  1)  Radio: Introduction to Radio 2)  Radio: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 3)  Radio: War of the Worlds

Media Factsheet #246: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat Read  Factsheet #246 BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat . You'll need your Greenford google login to access it. Answer the following questions: 1) How is the history and launch of Radio 1 summarised in the factsheet? If you studied this as part of GCSE Media you will already know much of this. Newsbeat. For many years BBC radio had a monopoly of the airwaves, it was the only radio station that people in the UK could legally listen to. However, this monopoly was challenged in the 1960s when pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline and Radio Luxembourg started illegally transmitting commercial programming via ships in international waters and on land. 2) Look at page 3 of the factsheet. How is Radio 1 attempting to appeal to its 15-29 age demographic?  It aims to entertain and engage young listeners with a distinctive mix of contemporary music and speech. 3) What did young people used to get from radio? Focus on audience pleasures / Uses & Gratifi

  1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). Q2 is superb: a brilliant evaluation of the theory, excellent focus on the question. So close to an A EBI: Slightly more developed paragraphs can push you up. More evidence from the texts could do this or more in-depth discussion of the theoretical ideas. For the last point, more sophisticated theory such as Marxism and hegemony could have helped here. 2) Read  the mark scheme for this exam carefully , paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. Firstly, focus on the unseen question and identify  two  aspects of the poster that you could have written about in your answer. the thriller/horror/supernatural etc genre (isolated setting, low key lighting, blue hue) the representation of youth as diverse in terms of gender and race 3) Look at the indicative content for Q1 again and make a note of any  theories  or examples of  media terminology  you could hav