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Introduction to radio

BBC Sounds: 1) Why does the article suggest that ‘on the face of it, BBC Radio is in rude health’? It has half the national market, with dozens of stations reaching more than 34 million people a week. Radio 2 alone reaches 15 million listeners a week and for all the criticism of the Today programme (“editorially I think it’s in brilliant shape,” says Purnell), one in nine Britons still tune in to hear John Humphrys and his co-presenters harangue politicians every week. 2) According to the article, what percentage of under-35s used the BBC iPlayer catch-up radio app? Purnell says just 3% of under-35s use the iPlayer catch-up radio app, which will soon be axed. 3) What is BBC Sounds? new app and website. It will bring radio livestreams, catchup services, music mixes and podcasts together under one roof. "The BBC produces great audio and they’ve got the marketing muscle to use BBC Sounds to introduce podcast listening to the large numbers of people who haven’t done that yet,” 4) How

Postmodernism in music video

Media Magazine Theory Drop - Postmodernism Create a new blog post called 'Postmodernism in music video: blog tasks'. Read ‘The Theory Drop: Postmodernism’ in MM66  (p26). You'll  find our Media Magazine archive here  - remember you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. Answer the following questions: 1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article? If modernism is beginning to question authority, then postmodernism is making fun of authority to its face. Postmodernism takes this concept of questioning traditional structures, representations and expectations and pushes things a step further. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay ' The Death of the Author '? The Death of the Author. In it, he challenged tradition when he said that a writer’s opinions, intentions or interpretation of their own work are no more valid than anyone else’s. just because Ridley Scott thinks Deckard is a repli

Music Video: index

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