Applied Theories Flashcards
Curran and seaton
The programmes format: Listeners are offered a broadcast that focuses on a single topic, vacillating a detailed informative discussion
Guest diversity: Panelist’s are invited from a range of cultural, professional and academic backgrounds to promote detailed considersation of a wide range of third range feminist viewpoints
Minority issues debate; The show focuses on minority issue not normally covered in commercial media
Choice of presenter reflect audience
Curran and Seaton 2
It could be argued that Late Night Woman’s Hour challenges the idea that media is controlled by a small number of companies driven by the logic of profit and power.
Whilst the BBC is inarguably a large, significant company, the nature of PSB and the content of the broadcast seem to be at odds with the “logic of profit and power”.
Consider the funding of the BBC in comparison with commercial organisations. Explore the extent to which the license fee frees BBC producers from the pressure to generate profit and the way in which this impacts the content of their broadcasts.
Late Night Woman’s Hour (or at least the fact that it is available on podcast) might also be used to support Curran and Seaton’s idea that socially diverse patterns of ownership help create conditions for varied and adventurous productions.
Consider the proliferation of podcasts across a wide range of topics and genres in recent years. Do the relative low production costs of this medium and the inexpensive hosting/digital distribution costs offer producers (and often prosumers) opportunities to take risks and develop adventurous content that still manages to reach diverse international audiences?
