HWK

Media Homework – for 21/1/10

Audience – A group of people who have relations in interests, employing any media product.

Institution – An organisation or company that provides media content, whether for profit, the public, or other motivations the company may have. This includes your understanding that the media is a business, and you notice the relationships between the companies or organisations and the public. Allowing you to see the Media as a form of power.

Q – How many ways can you 'read' something produced by the BBC?

The BBC distributes its products through many different techniques, that have been improved with the technology, over the years. There main broadcasting techniques are;
BBC news, BBC radio, BBC online and BBC Tv. BBC news started as a 1 channel show, broadcasting important information to the UK and even British news to the republic of Ireland. Now the BBC have there 1 analogue channel (BBC 1) and there digital channels such as News 24 or news and weather etc. accessed through the red button. BBC radio have many channels these days, available through normal radio, digital TV, satellite Tv and Digital radio. One of the best known radio stations, from the BBC is Radio 1. As for BBC online, it has its main websites, with several branches to the local news, which is also viewed on Tv. It now has extra feature including BBC I player, in which you can download, or view online, Tv shows, or the news etc. that has been previously shown on Tv. BBC Tv are Tv shows funded, made and distributed all by the BBC.

Q - How can the audience engage with Doctor Who? How many different forms of ‘media’ are offered?

The audience can engage with doctor who in several different ways. Doctor who was a program put on Tv several years ago, so some of the older generation may be reminded of there childhood, and have a connection already made, drawing there attraction to the program. But Doctor who is also an idea that is slightly unique. We see other sci-fi programs such Start-Trek, but they do not connect to the british audience in the same way, as some of Doctor Who is set in London, allowing the audience to familiarise with the location, attracting them to the Tv show.

Doctor Who has many different ways of attracting its existing audience and newcomers even further into the show. It does this through its use of other media. Looking at the website, it has a main menu bar of; Home, episodes, characters, games, create and archive. Already becoming attractive enough, it excels its website with other links on its home page, with links to extra videos and many other features.

Convergence – Hardware and software converging together across the media, and companies coming together across similar circumstances. Making the distinction between different types of media and other media industries become more diffident.