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Question 1

What long running BBC radio 4’s daily magazine programme is LNWH a spin off of?

Answer 1

Woman’s Hour

Question 2

How often is LMWH broadcasted?

Answer 2

Once a month

Question 3

Who is the presenter, and guests?

Answer 3

Lauren Laverne and a number of female panellists.

Question 4

When was Woman’s Hour first broadcasted?

Answer 4

1940s

Question 5

What historical and social shifts have occurred since 1940s?

Answer 5

Rising expectations about lifestyle, demands for space (houses), end of major wars, women affected by their roles during wars, most families listened to the wireless for entertainment.

Question 6

What does the original show possibly reflect?

Answer 6

Tokenism- a show set aside for women might imply all other radio content was oriented towards men.

Question 7

What sort of discussion occurs in LNWH?

Answer 7

Frank and open discussion.

Question 8

What does LNWH demonstrate?

Answer 8

Societal shifts and increased gender equality, although some issues raised reflect that society is not yet completely equal.

Question 9

How does LNWH inform, educate and entertain?

Answer 9

Relevant themes are discussed, not a typical title for current BBC (they aim to not segregate genders), informs of current issues and topics, discussion of new topics to educate and is entertaining due to some light conversation.

Question 10

How does the use of license fee funding lead to financial considerations of commercial radio?

Answer 10

Because license fee funding can lead to a solely “niche” audience making it unsuitable for commercial radio.

Question 11

What are the only contributors to the broadcast?

Answer 11

Female contributors.

Question 12

What sort of dialogue is LNWH mostly made up of?

Answer 12

“Unadorned” which is without music, sound effects etc.

Question 13

What sort of vocabulary is used to explore the topic?

Answer 13

Intellectual and specialised vocabulary.

Question 14

Why might purely commercial institutions be less likely to produce similar products?

Answer 14

Public Service Broadcasting programmes to benefit audience / commercial institutions driven by profit (this might not be a “huge profit” show but inspires institution loyalty and dependability for original content)

Question 15

How does the broadcast offer ways to explore changes to radio industry in relation to digital tech?

Answer 15

Switch from analogue FM radio to digital audio broadcasting (DAB), podcasting, listening on digitally convergent platforms e.g. computers and smartphones.

Question 16

How would the 11 p.m. broadcast timeslot limit audience share prior to DAB?

Answer 16

FIND ANSWER!!!!!

Question 17

How can audiences listen how they want?

Answer 17

Download podcasts, listen on devices other than radios, broadcast air time less significant.

Question 18

How does the DAB technology offer broadcasters more freedom?

Answer 18

Late night slot (after watershed) freedom to make challenging/ controversial content knowing it can still reach audiences.

Question 19

Why is Lauren Laverne an interesting host for a radio 4 broadcast?

Answer 19

more readily associated with alt music (career as musician, links with Radio 6, BBC music festival coverage).

Question 20

what similar female radio presenters does the BBC have?

Answer 20

Kirsty Young Desert Island Discs (background in news reading), Lauren appeals to both young and old.

Question 21

what might Lauren’s relative youth and reputation for being outspoken and irreverent be seen as?

Answer 21

A deliberate attempt to court relative controversy (compared to other Radio 4) bad language and content in some episodes.

Question 22

How is Laverne similar to how Male radio presenters dominate their broadcast?

Answer 22

The show designed specifically for her to interview people , her personality (harsh accent) is obvious.

Question 23

What idea does LNWH challenge?

Answer 23

Curran and Seaton: the media is controlled by a small number of companies driven by logic of profit and power.

Question 24

How does LNWH subvert Curran and Seaton?

Answer 24

Whilst BBC is large and significant company, PSB and license fee frees BBC producers from pressure to generate profit, content can be chosen freely.

Question 25

Which Curran and Seaton theory does LNWH (even just it being on podcasts) support?

Answer 25

Socially diverse patterns of ownership help create conditions for varied and adventurous productions.

Question 26

How has life changed for women in the Uk since the 1950s housewife to independence of young women in the 1960s?

Answer 26

Women now have equality thanks to 2nd and 3rd wave feminism, women don’t traditionally stay at home (angel in the house).

Question 27

Why is there an audience for a late night talk show for women and not in the 1940s?

Answer 27

Women work in jobs ore often now, they can get back late especially if they are part of a night shift, 1940s women stayed at home and wouldn’t have been up as late.

Question 28

How can the audience for Radio 4 be categorised?

Answer 28

age, social class and expected levels of education. Normally highly educated, elderly, upperclass audience.

Question 29

What challenges does LNWH present to the established audience of this channel?

Answer 29

An all female panel, Lauren Laverne (young, alternative and young, nature of content).

Question 30

What does the gender bias of the show subvert about radio 4?

Answer 30

the traditional male audience, through Lauren, her background and “edgy” content

Question 31

How might having an all female cast and presenter affect how men respond to LNWH?

Answer 31

it might be unsettling or alienating, even for women they might prefer diversity in their shows.

Question 32

How did The Spectator describe the initial response to the show?

Answer 32

a “twitter storm”

Question 33

How can audience members enter the discussion?

Answer 33

They are invited to discuss through social media platforms. Controversial nature designed to invite strong responses and polarise audience opinion.

Question 34

How does the broadcast go against or uphold the remit of PSB

Answer 34

It is designed specifically to appeal to specialised audience (educated and female).

Question 35

Who might given an oppositional reading (Stuart Hall)?

Answer 35

A masculine response, likewise females preferred readings as they are target audience.

Question 36

when did the BBC introduce a ban on all male TV and radio panels to offset dominance?

Answer 36

2014, proffered reading on LNWH welcomed by females (should be equal rule for all female panels?)