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BBC Radio 1 - The Surgery & Life Hacks: Blog tasks 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? The Surgery and Life Hacks suggest that they offer advice and help to listeners. It suggests that they would like to support their listeners by trying to help them.  2) How are the programmes constructed to appeal to a youth audience? using slang "FOMO"-fear of missing out talking about mental health and struggles  the presenting style is quite friendly and informal filled with banter and positivity opportunities for people to interact  the music presented is quite mainstream  3) What does the choice of presenter (e.g. Katie Thistleton) and Dr Modgil suggest about the BBC’s approach to diversity and representation? It suggests that the BBC is quite diverse and they see the UK as a diverse and equal place for all...

Introduction to radio: blog tasks Create a new blogpost called 'Introduction to Radio' on your  Media 2 Coursework blog  and complete the following tasks: BBC Sounds 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’? 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. 2) What percentage of under-35s use the BBC iPlayer catch-up radio app? just 3% of under-35s use the iPlayer catch-up radio app, which will soon be axed. 3) What is BBC Sounds? BBC Sounds is a new app designed to bring younger listeners to BBC Radio content. It aims to fulfil its requirements as a public service broadcaster while also responding to the demands of the digital media landscape. "BBC Sounds, a new app and website that formally launches on Tuesd...

1) OSP: Clay Shirky - End of Audience blog tasks 2) OSP: Teen Vogue - background and textual analysis 3) OSP: Teen Vogue - audience and representation 4) Newspapers: Assessment learner response 5) OSP: Teen Vogue - industry and social media 6) OSP: Hall and Gilroy - media theory 7) OSP: The Voice - blog case study

MailOnline close-textual analysis Go to MailOnline and analyse the stories currently featured: 1) What are the top five stories? Are they examples of soft news or hard news? The top five stories from 14/12/18: 1) Theresa May and the 'no deal' Brexit - Hard News 2) British Holidaymakers will be charged 7 euros to visit EU - Hard News 3) Theresa May and the backstop - Hard News 4) Richard LittleJohn: Fifty shades of may - Soft News 5) Simon Cowell's girlfriend looks at her own photo on mail online on holiday - soft news  2) What celebrity content is featured? - Lauren spotted checking out her holiday snaps ( this story is featured twice) - Sir Paul McCartney's London mansion is broken into  - Kylie Jenner in see-through dress  3) What examples of ‘clickbait’ can you find? I think the section on the right called "Don't Miss" features examples of clickbait as they force the reader to click on the story to read on. The headlines always reveal ...