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Newsbeat analysis 1) Use BBC Sounds to listen to Radio 1. Scroll to a Newsbeat bulletin (8am or 12.45pm are good options) and write notes on how the bulletins may:  a) appeal to a youth audience  -All bulletin's are around 15 mins which could be to encourage younger audiences to listen to it more as it's only 15 minutes instead of around an hour.  - Talking about topics that concern the younger demographic (in this case vaping being extremely high in young people)  b) help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster.  - Educating the younger people on the harmful effects of vaping and addiction.  - Talking about women's football- inclusive and more diverse. Media Factsheet #224: Industrial contexts of Radio Read  Media Factsheet #224 Understanding the Industrial Context of Radio . You'll need your Greenford google login to access it. Answer the following questions: 1) Read the first two pages of the factsheet. How does the Factsheet argue that

BBC Sounds 1) Why does the article suggest that ‘on the face of it, BBC Radio is in rude health’? It has half the national market, with dozens of stations reaching more than 34 million people a week.  Radio 2 alone reaches 15 million listeners a week as well as o ne in nine Britons still tune in to hear John Humphrys and his co-presenters harangue politicians every week.  2) According to the article, what percentage of under-35s used the BBC iPlayer catch-up radio app? Just 3% of under-35s use the iPlayer catch-up radio app. 3) What is BBC Sounds? A new app and website that brings radio livestreams, catchup services, music mixes and podcasts together under one roof. 4) How do audiences listen to radio content in the digital age? Convincing people to break their existing habits and put their trust in a BBC-only app will not be easy. Spotify has started to include a large number of podcasts – including BBC material – directly in its app and a growing number of people listen to the radio

1) Research: TV crime drama extract analysis  TV crime drama extract 1: Narrative and genre How is the narrative and the crime drama genre communicated to the audience?  Extract 1: Criminal Minds : Criminal minds is a crime drama series which follows an elite group of FBI agents/ profilers who analyse the behaviour of America's most dangerous criminals and try to capture them before they strike again. The series usually follows a linear narrative pattern which features a beginning, middle and end. We can apply Todorov's equilibrium theory to this crime drama as in an episode it features an equilibrium, disequilibrium and at the end a new equilibrium . Criminal Minds usually has an episodic narrative meaning the disequilibrium/crime is solved by the end of the episode. We can also apply Levi-Strauss's theory of binary opposition to this crime drama as it portrays the good vs evil between the FBI agents and the criminals. The crime drama genre is communicated to the aud