Thursday, October 10, 2019

Radio Station Research

Radio Station Research (Homework)
"I will research 2 radio stations targetted for young and older audiences and define how the content is different by program presenter and music types. Where possible, I will use uses and gratification."


Capital FM:
See the source imageCapital is a modern radio station that is mostly listened to by audiences of a young age because it has very lively presenters.
 - Capital breakfast includes Roman Kemp, Vick Hope & Sonny Jay
 - Will Manning
 - Aimee Vivian
 - Ant Payne
 - Jimmy Hill
 - Marvin Humes
 - Lauren Layfield
 - JJ
 - The Bassman
 - Will Cozen
 - Rob Howard

Classic FM
Classic FM:
Classic is an old-school radio station that plays classical music and tends to be listened to by the older generation as classical music is harder to find nowadays as there arent many classical artists that still make music today. It also can be listened to by younger people but this is not very regular as younger people are more interested in popular modern music, This not a stereotype but a fact as Capital FM is very popular with younger people where as Classic FM does not have too many viewers and very rarely are they younger people.

Radio consumption survey analysis

Radio consumption survey analysis
How old are you?
41% of the people who took the survey are from 13-17 years old. This is because the survey was mostly sent to friends around our age.














What gender do you identify with?
57% of the people are also female (Compared to 42% male) because there is only 1 male in our group so the survey was sent to their friends which are mostly female.

What is your ethnicity?
88% of the people are White British as most of the friends/family of the group are White british.
What is your region?
57% of the people who took the survey are from Essex becasue we are mostly all based in Essex which means our friends or family that were sent the survey are mostly near.
Which of these applies to you? (What social class are you?)
The majority of the people are working class (48%) or middle class (45%). This may relate to people not being able to afford different methods of listenig to music. But most likely, It is because there is a higher percentage of people in the working or middle class in the UK.

Do you listen to the radio?
81% of people who took the survey listen to the radio compared to 19% who don't. These answers could have multiple different reasons.
If Yes, What station primarily? (What radio stations do you listen to?)
Heart radio is the most popular station from this survey at 16%. With Capital next at 13% and Radio 1 at 10%. This is mosty likely becasue these are the most known/popular stations becasue they play popular music that a majority of people like.
How do you listen to the radio primarily? (What method? Car, Phone, Etc.)
The majority (66%) of people listen to the radio in the car, This most likely becasue most cars have radios built in, even old cars, and people would rather let the radio play music rather than take the ffort to choose songs for their journey. However, people do this very often, this is most likely what the 12% of people who put 'I dont listen to the radio' like to do instead.
How often do you listen to the Radio?
The options 'Every day' and 'A few times a week' are tied at 33% as this is most likely the amount of time people spend in a car as that was the most popular option in the previous question and matches up with how often people regularly use their car or are in their parents car.
If you do not listen to the radio, Why?
The majority of people (73%) put 'i do listen to the radio' which matches with previous results. I think that the people who use 'Alternative mtehods' (27%) are the ones who will put the effort in to listen to their own music, This may be becasue they just really like music, or they have the extra money to use different methods, however this is unlikely because alternatives to radio are not very expensive.

Understanding Audiences


audience research task.                                                               08/10/2019

Aim:  Recognise the significance of audience in the construction of media texts.

 

Know:
  • a range of audience segmentation models.
  • How to construct an audience survey.
  • Organisations which survey audience consumption patterns
Do:

  • Define audience
  • Analyse how media texts are constructed to suit an audience needs
  • Record audience segmentation models.
  • Create an audience survey on music consumption patterns.
Show:
  • Evidence of completion of the survey.
  • Evidence of analysis of commercial versus public service broadcasting using RAJAR statistics.
Improve:
  • Review student understanding of (LIAR)
  • The media framework.
Know significance of audience .
 
Understanding audience is an important aspect of media studies.  Every media product has a target audience.  You will create an audience research survey linked to radio consumption.   To do this you will apply the socio-economic model (GEARS) to devise a ten question survey.   your task is to find out how different social groups listen to the radio and for how long.   You will determine what proportion of the audience listen to an agreed list of radio stations which you think might be targeted to younger and older listeners.   You must as part of the survey include Radio 1.    Whilst two separate groups will devise the questionnaire you will combine the best questions as one group questionnaire.   You will present the questions into survey monkey and then try to survey at least one hundred contacts..  (as a class).   This will mean that you will need to circulate the questions to friends and family.
It is important that you have collated the survey before Thursday’s lesson as you need to analyse the data on that day.
As part of this assessment you are expected to ask a broad range of people based on the audience segmentation model GEARS.  This is required so that  you can determine how different audiences have different consumption habits you will apply Gears. GEARS is an acronym which stands for:
Gender
Ethnicity
Age
Region
Socio economic











Young & Rubicanm 4 Cs Model:       
4 main categories are MARS
- Mainstreamers, Aspirers, Reformers, Succeeders


The other categories to be added to this are ERS
 - Explorer, Resigned, Struggler

Louis Vuitton:
The Succeeder, Becasue it is a high end, prestige brand that people purchase for self confidence and to occupy position sof responsibility in society.
Apple:
The Explorer, Because it
Kelloggs:

Ethical brands: