Late Night Womens Hour

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

Spin of from women’s hour
Shows once a month hosted by Lauren Laverne alongside a variety of female panelist’s
Talks about a different theme related to there female audience

Question 2

Societal shift

Answer 2

Late Night Women’s Hour features frank and open discussion, and demonstrates societal shifts and increased gender equality although some of the issues raised reflect the fact that society is not yet completely equal.

Question 3

BBC aims

Answer 3

Inform, educate, entertain

Question 4

Audience

Answer 4

High brow
Uses intellectual and specialised vocabulary
Unadorned dialogue - no music, sound effects etc.

Question 5

Easily accessible (3)

Answer 5

Now assessable on BBC iPlayer
Stream it through the internet
Listen anywhere

Question 6

Scheduling

Answer 6

11pm - broadcasting time is less significant because of DAB

Audiences can listen anywhere

Question 7

Radio technology changes

Answer 7

Switch from analogue FM to digital audio broadcasting (DAB)

Question 8

Curran and Seaton

Answer 8

challenges the idea that media is controlled by a small number of companies driven by the logic of profit and power.
idea that socially diverse patterns of ownership help create conditions for varied and adventurous productions.

Question 9

Betty Friedan

Answer 9

Mentioned in LNWH
Feminine mystique - book which targeted the middle class woman In 1963

Question 10

Happy Housewife Heroin - 1963

Answer 10

Flawless
No worry
No aspirations
Goal - married and have children

Question 11

Second wave feminism

Answer 11

Liberation from passive ‘housewife’

Question 12

Lauren Laverne past career

Answer 12

Punk music - Kenickie - 40 hit singles - Radio 6 and BBC music festival coverage) than with Radio 4.
Laverne became known for her funny and acerbic onstage banter and interview style.

Question 13

Controversy (3)

Answer 13

Laverne’s relative youth and reputation for being outspoken and irreverent might be seen as a deliberate attempt create controversy (at least in comparison to other Radio 4
bad language
content in some episodes of this show

Question 14

Built around the host

Answer 14

LNWH is built around Lauren Laverne’s persona rather that her being asked to present a show because she is energetic and has a level of banter while staying serious on sensitive topics

Question 15

Curran and Seaton

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Doesn’t conform to the idea that large companies are driven by power and profit through controversial topics.

Question 16

BBC license fee

Answer 16

Lack of pressure to generate profit which allows the BBC to air more controversial or sensitive topics

Question 17

Podcasts

Answer 17

Much cheaper than TV shows which may allow producers to take more risks

Question 18

Male response

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No men in any of the broadcasts which is unsettling when considering that other shows of similar composition like ‘Loose women’ feature male guests - may alienate male viewers

Question 19

Social media intervention

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The spectator described LNWH as a ‘Twitter storm’

Like a chat show/debate - invokes audiences to have an opinion which they then may voice on social media

Question 20

Language (3)

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Lots of slang
Swearing
Improvised - no script

Question 21

Lauren Laverne and guests

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Host - northern accent
Guests - Scandinavian, neutral accents
Very multinational

Question 22

Stuart Hall - Reception theory

Answer 22

Oppositional reading - gendered response - no male representation which links to the 2014 when the BBC famously introduced a ban on all male TV and radio panels to offset this dominance.

Question 23

Hygge

Answer 23

a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture).

Question 24

Examples of Hygge (5)

Answer 24

Homemade items 
Communal Cooking 
Fury furniture 
Candles 
Knitted items