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  1) What is the BBC's mission statement? Produces a huge amount of content for the whole of Britain - TV, radio, BBC website, iPlayer and more. 2) How is the BBC funded? Funded by licence fee and it is currently £174.50 a year. 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). To provide information (that is supposed to be balanced). To support learning for people of all ages. To produce creative output. To have diverse content (such as with its representations). To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world. 4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above. The BBC is regulated by OfCOM (the Office of Communications). OfCOM oversees all media channels and produces a code of conduct that all media channels must follow or have their licence to make content removed and/or be fined heavily. 5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofc...

Audience 1) What audience do you think His Dark Materials is aimed at and why? Think about demographic and psychographic groups.  You can  revise Pyschographics here . Aimed for family audiences. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by His Dark Materials - The City of Magpies? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity: Teenagers, Oxford. Personal Relationships: Will + Lyra Diversion (Escapism): Dramatic, exciting. 3) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to His Dark Materials? Refer to specific scenes or moments in the episode to explain your answer.  Viceral pleasure - because of chase scenes. 4) How did fans react to Season 2 of His Dark Materials? What about critic reviews? You can find some possible answers for this in  this BBC website article on the...