Assignment One – Task One – Comparing Bulletins
For this task we were asked to
listen to three different news bulletins that were broadcasted at the same time
on the same day, then compare them and look at why they have used certain codes
and conventions. I choose to listen to a
broadcast from BBC Radio 2, Capital South Coast and Wave 105.
Capital
Length – 2:04 minutes
Style – Less Formal than
Radio2 but more formal than the radio presenter
Audience – Contemporary Hit Radio
station listeners
Top Story – Footballer Gareth Bale sold
for $85m
Running Order:
·
News Jingle
·
Headlines
·
Top story (above)
·
PM with war news (audio)
·
Coronations street sex offences
·
David Frost Death
·
Wicked in Southampton
·
Advert
·
Weather
On this news bulletin, capital fm
have used audio on a story about David Cameron wanting a second vote on sending
troops to Syria. They use the words from a southern MP Mike Hancock. They use
Mike Hancock because he is from the south and the audience will connect with
that as they are from the south as well.
BBC Radio 2
Length – 5:19 minutes
Style – Very Formal
Audience – Adult Contemporary Radio
station listeners
Top Story – Obama pushing congress to
take military action against Syria
Running Order:
·
News Jingle
·
Headlines
·
Top Story (above)
·
Reporter on top story (audio)
·
Failed GCSE’s
·
Reporter on Failed GCSE’s (audio)
·
Boy arrested on arson at school
·
Complaint against the government
·
Business correspondent (audio)
·
Vodafone Selling
·
Scientific research on height
·
Reporter on research (audio)
·
Global warning
·
Weather forecast
On this news bulletin for BBC Radio
2 they use audio on a news story for Obama wanting Congress to get military
action against Syria. In this story there is emphasis on words such as ‘killing
1400 civilians’ and ‘Victory’ these will catch the audiences ear and make them
intrigued about what is being said.
Wave 105
Length – 3:31 minutes
Style – More formal than Capital but
less formal than Radio 2
Audience – Adult Contemporary Radio
station listeners
Top Story – David Frost’s death on
Southampton cruise ship.
Running Order:
·
Jingle
·
Top story (above)
·
Ester Rampson on David frosts death (audio)
·
David Cameron and Syria
·
America and Syria
·
Mike Burgess on Syria (audio)
·
Motor Cyclist
·
Spiderman distracting drivers
·
Free child care
·
Selling contact info to companies
·
Life boats and Bournmouth Air Festival
·
Twitter
On this news bulletin for Wave 105 they use audio on the news story about David Frost's Death. This shows the emotions of a work college of his which brings a sense of drama to the news story. In this story they have emphasis on the word 'dead', although it shouldn't, this draws the attention of the audience into the news bulletins because society has interest in deaths.
