| Theme | Newsbeat | War of the Worlds |
| Regulation | – Ofcom regulates BBC therefore regulates Newsbeat. Government gives regulative guidelines to Ofcom. – The Royal Charter is the constitutional basis for the BBC. It sets out the BBC’s objective (BBC Charter). | – Regulated by the Federal Communication Commissions (Regulate media across the United States) |
| Ownership | – Owned and produced by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) – TV license fee | – Owned by CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) which is owned by Paramount Global. |
| James Curran (Power and responsibility) | – ‘Independence poses a serious threat to political institutions’ – Pg 134 meaning that the independence of the BBC is threatening political institutions such as the government. | – “profit-driven motives take precedence over creativity” meaning that CBS creates the idea of a massive panic to produce a large sum of money over the idea of making a good entertainment. CBS are in for the money making scheme rather than an entertainment scheme. |
| Jean Seaton | – ‘Commercial broadcasting is based not on the sale of programmes to audiences but on the sale of audiences to advertisers’ – pg 126 – meaning broadcasting requires advertising revenue to maintain programming and they are designed to attract ‘economically affluent audiences’, meaning audiences who want to buy the product that are promoted, although the BBC does not have adverts. The BBC does not want to chase big fantasy stories, this proves they seek to inform audiences on international and national information rather than entertain. | – Seeks to entertain with stories rather than inform audiences. |
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| Paul Lazarfeld (Two-step flow communication model) | – Two-step flow communication model is most people form their opinions under the influence of opinion leaders, who in turn are influenced by the mass media. (People form their ideas from influencers and those with a high reputation.) – An example of this is Prince Harry and Kate the Princess of Wales promoting mental health through Newsbeat. This impacts audiences as opinions leaders like the royal family are helping others. (11th October 2022 – Prince and Princess of Wales take over Radio 1 Newsbeat on World Mental Health day) | – Famous author Orsen Welles reads War of the Worlds, to share their message of entertainment. |
| Jurgen Habermas (Transofrmation of the Public Sphere) | – He states that a variety of factors have affected the way people share their ideas and social issues willingly and freely. -Transformation of the public sphere. – The BBC (when making money) re-invests back into the company to make it better, adapt it and sticks to their charter tighter. (Inform, entertain, educate) | – CBS sticks to making a profit rather than creating better content for their audiences. They do not transform the public sphere as CBS do not share knowledge and news, but only entertain. |
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