• well acted
• well written
• appealing scenery
• good build up to the major events
• interesting plot
• more than one genre, drama, comedy romance – Steve Neale
• showcases the social and cultural contexts – Stuart Hall

broadcasting- communicating with a large number of people

narrowcasting- for a niche target audience

what is the ethos of the BBC?

“To inform entertain and educate” which was developed lord Reith

BBC charter

what is the distinction between populism and paternalism?

Populism what the audience want to watch and consume

Paternalism is action that limits a person’s or group’s liberty or autonomy and is intended to promote their own good.

The argument of opening up ‘new worlds’ to everyday (= common? poor? working class? uneducated???) people could be applied to new media platforms – so what is the difference?

could it be argued that the BBC are saying that by broadcasting to the working class can be bragging that they re smarter than who they were now broadcasting to

Grace Wyndham-Goldie changing nature of modern communication, essentially by transforming time and space. her editor told her not to go to see this and that television would not be important in her lifetime, but she disagreed and believed that it was important, you can see and hear people in another space. this links to Habermas and the transformation of the public sphere.

there was a fear of new technology

the BBC was acting like a social cement as it connected us all together

Habermas and the transformation of the public sphere-

• allows people to connect to other places around the world and hear and see things which are happening outside of where you are from where you are – transforming time and space
• allows for people who have never experienced certain events be included and allow for more discussion from different groups of people such as the working class

Seaton-

• “Broadcasting in Britain – monopoly or duopoly- always depended on assumption of commitment to an undivided good” p342
• “Reaching all parts of the country regardless of cost, seeking to educate inform and improve” p343
• “The goal that the British broadcasting should move towards a sophisticated market system based on consumer sovereignty” p343
• ” The questions which the public asked about broadcasting… were becoming ‘more critical, more hostile and more political” p346
• “Broadcasters have come to see the state as their enemy” p353
• “Thus, without a commitment to public service, broadcasters are increasingly vulnerable to detailed political interference in the content of programmes” p353