Izzy Sheldon's A level Media

•Demographic- The audience for Deutschland 83 is from ABC1 demographic as the audience would require an extent of background knowledge on the cold war, so would have to be relatively educated. •Psychographic- audiences of Deutschland 83 would enjoy similar shows in the genre of Deutschland 83 (Thriller, History, War, Drama) due to the niche topic. They may have an interest in historical dramas or foreign dramas. How does this affect: •The content of the text? This may result in the text being more intellectual and historically accurate as the producers target audience is most likely to have a basic understanding of the context of the series. •Advertising? Advertising will be done on TV possibly during the adverts of another TV drama that has a similar target audience to Deutschland 83.

Theories of media language: • Barthes will be relevant to any connotative analysis. • Neale will be relevant to any consideration of genre.  • Levi-Strauss and Todorov will be relevant to any study of narrative.  • Baudrillard will be relevant to any intertextual product. Theories of industries:   • Curran and Seaton will be relevant to the ownership and control of any media industry studied.  • Livingstone and Lund will be relevant to regulation.  • Hesmondhalgh will be relevant to the study of any cultural industry. Theories of representation:  • Hall will be relevant to any representation in which power operates or to exploring how representations may be contested.  • Gauntlett will be relevant to any representations that offer complex and contradictory images.  • Van Zoonen, hooks, and Butler will be relevant to any representation of gender (i.e. all representations of people), and hooks will be even more widely relevant to repre...

Categorisation  • Audiences are categorised and measured by RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research), which is the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the UK. It is jointly owned by the BBC and the Radio centre on behalf of the commercial sector.  • The BBC aims to reflect a diverse young audience for Radio 1; its  Service License 2016  says it should be: reflecting and representing the whole UK population. BBC Radio 1 should play a part in this purpose amongst its audience, particularly focusing on the diversity of young people in the UK today. Its presenter line-up, music and content should reflect the audience it is targeting.  Reaching audiences People aged between 15-24 listened to just over 14 hours of radio per week last year - seven hours less than the average adult, and 15% less than they did a decade earlier, according to broadcasting regulator  Ofcom . Radio 1 is suffering because its core audience is tur...

Joyce Byers Joyce is a major character, she is Will Byers mum who reports her son missing to Jim Hopper She conforms to the single parent stereotype, as she has to work long ours to support her family, as well as her eldest son having to work, to also help pay for things. Erratic, wants to find will, doesn't sleep, works hard She is Will's mum and reports him missing. She is constantly looking for him and doesn't stop until she finds him. Jim Hopper Jim is a major character, as he is the sheriff of the town. He is in charge of the missing persons case (Will Byers). He conforms to the stereotype of the male gender.. lazy, negative, not emotional however, on the other hand he is the stereotype of a sheriff and initiates a search party for Will. Lazy, Does not look after himself, alone, want to find will, messy He is the sheriff in charge of Wills missing person case and has to use all methods to find him (that are in his power). Mike Wheeler Ma...

Genre- 1. What are the formal codes and conventions of Long-Form TV Drama?   Dramatic narrative (storyline) Multiple sub-plots  Ensemble cast (each character – own storyline) Main plot is usually resolved within the season  High production value sound/emotive Expressive lighting techniques dependent on sub genre  Scheduled Prime Time.  2. How similar or different are the formal conventions used in Stran ger Things?  Stranger Things is a Netflix show so will not be on TV in the prime slots, which means that it is regularly available for fans to watch on demand, but also may encourage more people to buy a Netflix conscription as they have heard about the popular show an want to watch it for themselves, which they are only able to do through Netflix. Also, the main plot of Stranger Things is not solved within the season and is spread across multiple seasons. 3. How does this help to develop the genre and the way in which audiences respond (po...