Broadcasting is to a mass audience
Narrowcasting is to a niche audience
10 things for quality broadcasting
Professional:
Sound Design,
mise-en-scene,
cinematography
editing
A decent budget in order to use quality equipment
Character development and depth
A well-rounded narrative which will captivate viewers
Professional writing, unpredictable
Frankfurt school – we must use our free time to help develop ourselves and not do what we want to as it is manipulating our minds and hiding the truths of the world
The Royal Charter
The Royal Charter is the constitutional basis for the BBC. It sets out the BBC’s Object, Mission and Public Purposes. The Charter also outlines the Corporation’s governance and regulatory arrangements, including the role and composition of the BBC Board.
The current Charter began on 1 January 2017 and ends on 31 December 2027.
The Government will carry out a mid-term review of the Charter, focussing on governance and regulatory arrangements. This review is not a full Charter Review and so will not look at the BBC’s mission, purpose or the method by which it is funded.
The Agreement
The Agreement between the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the BBC sits alongside the Charter. It provides further detail on many of the topics outlined in the Charter including the BBC’s funding and its regulatory duties.
The Agreement runs coterminous to the Charter but can be amended during the Charter period subject to the agreement of the Secretary of State and the BBC.
Ethos
The public service ethos of the BBC is to inform, entertain and educate
Populism is a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
Paternalism is the policy or practice on the part of people in authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those subordinate to or otherwise dependent on them in their supposed interest.
James curran theory – this theory argues that patterns of ownership and control are the most significant factors in how the media operate which storngly relates to how the bbc is run and operated
lunt and livingstone think the needs of a citizen are in conflict with the needs of the consumer, because protection can limit freedom which could relate to the bbc ethos as they control what what the viewr watches
lord reith’s founding principles of the bbc (the ethos) are still used today
Lord Reith and early days of BBC 10:41 – 13:05
lord reith’s founding principles of the bbc (the ethos) are still used today
The start of BBC Television 14:00 – 16:00 Grace Wyndham-Goldie changing nature of modern communication, essentially by transforming time and space. through television being able to see soemthing very far away just as it happens
- The fear of new technology 16:00 – 16:30 what are the fears around new technologies?
- The centre of everything 18:40 – 19:58 – is that still the case now?
the bbc is like social cement
How did the bbc transform the public sphere through changing peoples perceptions on what they could become when they heard people like the king on radio that they would of never heard before
