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BBC Radio 1 - The Surgery & Life Hacks: Blog tasks

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Analysis Listen to the extracts from The Surgery and Life Hacks above and answer the following questions: 1) What do the titles The Surgery and Life Hacks suggest? In my opinion, this to me suggests that the show is aiming to help people better their lifestyle by giving them life advice relating to different topics. 'Life hacks' is also associated with the youth demographic in my opinion through the use of less sophisticated language to convey that the show is directly targeting a youth audience (millennials). 2) How are the programmes constructed to appeal to a youth audience? Use of Slang: the language used and the way the presenters present themselves suggest that they are trying to appeal to more of a youth audience as they tend to use informal language as if they were speaking to a friend - this also makes it more personal which may make the listeners feel as if they are being directly addressed. Content: the content discussed is mainly targeting

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Radio index: 1)  Radio: Introduction to Radio 2)  Radio: The Surgery / Life Hacks 3)  Radio: War of the Worlds 1 - Complete 2 - 1/3 complete   3 - Complete 

War of the Worlds: Blog tasks

Media Factsheet Go to our Media Factsheet archive on the Media Shared drive and open Factsheet #176: CSP Radio - War of the Worlds. Our Media Factsheet archive is on the Media Shared drive: M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets - you'll need to save the factsheet to USB or email it to yourself in order to complete this at home. Read the factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? Orson Welles' 1938 radio play is an adaption of H.G. Wells' novel of the same name published in 1898. It tells the story of an alien invasion and the ensuing conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race from mars. This fictional narrative is often highlighted as an early example of mass hysteria caused by the media and used to support various audience theories.  2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? War of the Worlds was was broadcast live on 30t

Introduction to radio

Read  this Guardian feature on the launch of BBC Sounds  and answer the following questions: 1) Why does the article suggest that ‘on the face of it, BBC Radio is in rude health’? The BBC 'is in rude health' because it was founded almost a century ago and it had been based around an era of broadcasting that was designed towards a comprehensive offering: a shared listening - and the viewing - experience. However because of the increase in popularity of subscriptions such as Netflix and Spotify people no longer need to listen to a playlist or a schedule that does not perfectly suit their needs. 2) What percentage of under-35s use the BBC iPlayer catch-up radio app? 3% of under 35yr olds  use the BBC iPlayer catch-up radio app 3) What is BBC Sounds? “new app and website that formally launches on Tuesday ”. It will bring radio livestreams, catchup services, music mixes and podcasts together under one roof. 4) How do audiences listen to radio content in the digital age? "