BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat: Blog tasks
Newsbeat analysis
Use BBC Sounds to listen to Radio 1. Select a Newsbeat bulletin (8am or 12.45pm are good options) and then answer the following questions:
1) What news stories were featured in the bulletin you listened to?
Political conflict and sports
2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience?
The upbeat music is appealing and the fast pace requires more attention.
3) How might Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster?
It helps inform and educate
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.
Radio 1 was launched at 7:00am on 30th September 1967, with Tony Blackburn presenting the first broadcast. The station aimed to replicate the fresh, energetic ‘DJ style’ that had previously only been heard on pirate radio stations. Blackburn’s opening words were: “Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio One.” For many years, BBC radio held a monopoly, offering the only legal radio broadcasts in the UK. This dominance was disrupted in the 1960s when pirate stations like Radio Caroline and Radio Luxembourg began broadcasting commercial content illegally, both from ships in international waters and from land. Radio 1 quickly gained popularity, and its DJs became well-known public figures. However, by the 1990s, the station’s audience began to decline. In response, Matthew Bannister took over as Controller in 1993 and restructured the presenter line-up to appeal to a younger audience. Radio 1 also became the first BBC station to broadcast on DAB digital radio, with its breakfast show considered the station’s flagship programme.
2) Look at page 3 of the factsheet. How is Radio 1 attempting to appeal to its 15-29 age demographic?
Mix of music and speech
3) What did young people used to get from radio? Focus on audience pleasures / Uses & Gratifications here (see top of second column on page 3).
to connect with popular culture
for entertainment
to build connections with media personalities
4) How has Radio 1 and Newsbeat in particular diversified its content for the digital age?
They provide different apps that people can use to listen.
They provide different apps that people can use to listen.
5) How is Newsbeat constructed to appeal to audiences?
Recorded interviews with diegetic sound
Multiple voices
formal to informal
use of sound effects
6) What are the three key ideas from David Hesmondhalgh and which apply to Radio 1 Newsbeat?
Content production is made by ‘symbol creators’.
Industries are made to create profit.
The Internet doesn't allow audience to challenge content
7) Now look at Curran and Seaton. What are their key ideas and can they be applied to Radio 1 Newsbeat?
Culture is controlled by social elites
8) What key idea for Livingstone and Lunt is on the factsheet and how does it link to the CSP?
Media can have a citizen-based approach to regulation
9) How can we apply Stuart Hall's Reception theory to Radio 1 Newsbeat?
- Preferred: Newsbeat is inclusive
- Op-positional: majority of the news is based in London.
- Negotiated: There is inclusivity but mainly based in London.
10) Choose one other audience theory on the factsheet and explain how it links to Radio 1 Newsbeat.
Surveillance - news
Personal identity- representation of London
Industry contexts: reading and research
1) Pick out three key points in the 'Summary' section.
The BBC is the UK’s most widely-used media organisation
BBC must deliver public purposes set out in the new Royal Charter
2) Now read what the license framework will seek to do (letters a-h). Which of these points could we relate to BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat?
They set a baseline for future performance.
The delivery is loud for a young audience
3) Which do you think are the three most important aspects in the a-h list? Why?
Increase requirements around programmes for children
Strengthen news and current affairs rules
Safeguard genres
4) Read point 1.9: What do Ofcom plan to review in terms of diversity and audience?
We will take into account the outcomes of the review as we shape our future oversight of the BBC, and we will take further measures where needed to ensure that the BBC is delivering for all its audiences
5) Based on your reading and research, do you think BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat offers licence fee payers good value for money?
YES, as they ensure to provide with accuracy and are regulated
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