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SCH context of the 1960's
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social, historical, cultural contexts 1960's and the avengers The Avengers as a distinctive generic identity that is rooted in the British popular culture. Television drew upon this tradition Series 4, Episode 1 'The town of no return" Brief Summary Steed and emma are on the trail of several murderee agents. They visit little Bazeley by the sea, a town that strangers rarely leave alive and discovered it is being secretly infiltrated by enemy agents. The swinging 60's London had changed from the bleak, conservative cityto the capital of the world, full of freedom, hope and promise. Young people were given a choice! Music in the 60's The Beatles 'british invasion' changed music. They experimented with new sounds and develop innovative pieces of music. Their later albums included lyrics encouraging rebellion against the authorities, as seen in 'Revolution'. Young people began to stand up for their beliefs and their indiv...
Ofcom
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Ofcom is funded by fees from industry for regulating broadcasting and communications networks, and grant-in-aid from the Government. They regulate the TV, radio and video-on-demand sectors The Government today named Lord (Terry) Burns as the preferred candidate to be the next Chairman of Ofcom, from 1 January 2018. Ofcom found out that older children are less trusting of news on social media than from other sources, and employ a range of measures to separate fact from fiction. Ofcom has said the BBC must broadcast more original UK programmes under new rules designed to ensure the broadcaster offers high-quality, distinctive programmes for its entire audience. They are specifically in the u.k they are located in London,Belfast,Cardiff,Caterham,Glasgow and Warrington ofcom-they are the independent regulations of the media and communication industries the OFCOM specification of broadcast code-this provides a set mandatory broadcast rules,it covers: protection of under-eig...
television industries on the 2010's
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How does Cuffs fit the BBC and PSB regulations? Cuffs fits the BBC and PSB regulations because it has a remit to entertain educate and inform. Cuffs is a programme that aims to improve society because it teaches you that committing a crime will always lead to a consequence after but as well as doing that it also entertains viewers to watch so they won't get bored and switch channels. The UK is multicultural and it supports all cultures, religions and sexualities. This is most represented in cuffs because Ryan and jake are two different cultures and sexuality but however both shown in a positive light by being police officers. However some are shown negatively such as the hate crime committed by the white british man to the muslim young man. "To reflect the UK, its culture and values to the world" UK is multicultural, it supports all cultures, religions and sexualities --> most represented in Cuffs . This is shown positively EG? Negatively? EG? H...
Television Audiences - Summary
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Televison Audiences in 2010's: - Channel loyalty is extremely low as there is lots of channels to choose from - Netflix is becoming more used as you get to pick and choose what you want to watch and when you want to watch it. - The program will provide a reason why people should tune in. - The television audiences are a lot more segmented in comparison to the 1960's Television Audiences: - There are a a lot of different options for people to pick from now eg. live TV, recorded on PVRs, streaming online etc. - Audience would feel less pressure to always sit to watch TV or to record a program in time as they can control what they do. E.g watch a program whenever on catch up or Netflix. - Tv shows or the channel its on can target a specific audience e.g cbbc or cbeebies. - The channel could also be for a specific genre e.g comedy central or 4music. - Mass audience channel - channel with a large audience e.g itv o...
Social, Cultural and Historical context
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A social context is when you have been influenced or affected by events happening in society, such as: family births, family deaths, moving school A historical context is being influenced or affected by something that has happened in the past such as: A new president, a world war, a terrorist attack A cultural context is being influenced or affected by music, clothing, religion, films, etc My timeline Explain how contexts influence television programmes. Refer to Cuffs (10 marks) In modern society racism is still an obsticle amongst the world and media platforms such as film, tv and social media . 'Cuffs' is an example of how different ethnicities are accepted and are not considered an issue. Ryan is one of the main police officers who is an African descent and is treated no different to other characters who may be of a different ethnicity to him. Ryan is represented as a strong, powerful individual counteract...