Media Quiz week 8
1)ITV were fined £4m b'coz of phone scandal
2)Women mag called 'EVE', core readers are women (30 +)
3)Miley Cyrus has offended her young fans through taking sexual photgraphs and revealing her body too much
4)iTunes (Apple)
5)Financial Times

Media Quiz week 7
1)Charles Allen
2)Newsday (Rupert Murdoch)
3)Coca Cola is beign targeted because they are sponsoring the Olympics.
4)Murdoch
5)March of the Penguins, the 2005 documentary that cost $3m to make and took $127m globally at the box office.

Medical show avoids embarrassment

Tuesday April 29 2008

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Tuesday April 29 2008. It was last updated at 15:28 on April 29 2008.

Embarrassing Bodies: drew 2.6m viewers. Photograph: Channel 4
The first episode of Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies, which focuses on intimate medical complaints, attracted 2.6 million viewers last night, Monday April 28.
The new series, in which three doctors trawled the country in a travelling surgery, averaged an 11% share in the 9pm hour, according to the unofficial overnight ratings.
It easily beat BBC2's Tanya Byron series Am I Normal?, which examined attitudes to religion and the supernatural. Am I Normal? drew 1.2 million viewers and a 5% share at the same time.
Embarrassing Bodies also attracted 319,000 extra viewers to the Channel 4 +1 catch-up service an hour later.
The 9pm slot was won comfortably by BBC1 police drama Waking the Dead, which picked up 6.8 million viewers and a 29% share with the first of a two-part story about the discovery of a headless corpse.
This was 500,000 viewers and three share points up on last Monday's instalment of the drama.
ITV1's Real Crime documentary, Murder at Harvey Nicks, which traced the 2005 killing of Clare Bernal in the beauty section of the London department store by her former boyfriend, pulled in 3.5 million viewers and a 15% share in the 9pm hour.
In the same slot last week, a one-off episode of Scottish police drama Taggart pulled in 4.7 million viewers a 20% share.
A Channel Five repeat of Paul Merton in China drew 700,000 viewers and a 3% share on Channel 5 at the same time.
Earlier in the evening, a Panorama documentary about alleged corruption at the United Nations scored 2.4 million viewers and a 10% share on BBC1 between 8.30pm and 9pm.
Panorama was inevitably blown out of the water by ITV1 soap Coronation Street which attracted 9.5 million viewers and a 40% share at the same time.
Likewise, EastEnders - which pulled in 9.4 million viewers and a 41% share between 8pm and 8.30pm - smashed ITV1's Tonight special, Bad Manners Britain, which averaged 3.4 million and 15% in the half hour from 8pm.
In the 8pm hour, BBC2's coverage of the world snooker championship drew 1.8 million viewers and an 8% share on BBC2 between 8pm and 9pm.
The full two hours of snooker coverage between 7pm and 9pm cued up 1.5 million viewers and a 7% share for the channel.
Channel 4's offering in the 8pm hour, a Dispatches documentary about the mobile phone industry, picked up 1.3 million viewers and a 5% a share, with another 130,000 tuning in on Channel 4 +1 an hour later.
Five's The Gadget Show attracted 1.2 million viewers and a 5% share in the 9pm hour.

This article is about the television viewings of the week. it shows how much time people spend watching TV! and how the "embarassing bodies" got A LOT of viewers, showing how obsessed we are with our bodies.

2000s

2000s

2000
- George W Bush is declared president elect
- Big Brother launches.
- ITN news channel launched.
- Child of Our Time begins.
-Reformists win control of Iranian parliament for first time since 1979 Islamic revolution (Feb. 26).

2001
- US terrorists attacks. September 11th bombings of the World Trade Centre
-In response to Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, U.S. and British forces launch bombing campaign on Taliban government and al-Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan (Oct. 7). Bombings continue on a daily basis. Background: Afghanistan.
-Race riots in Cincinnati continue for several days following a shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer (April 7 et seq.).

2002
- 17th Football World Cup begins
- BBC four launches
-Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan government sign a cease-fire agreement, ending 19 years of civil war (Feb. 22). Background: World in Review
-India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in a decade rocked the state of Gujarat after a Muslim mob fire-bombed a train, killing Hindu activists. Hindus retaliated, and more than 1,000 died in the bloodshed (Feb. 27 et seq.).
-U.S. and Afghan troops launch Operation Anaconda against remaining al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan (March 2). Background: Taliban Timeline and Afghanistan.

2003
- After giving Saddam Hussain and his sons 48 hours to leave Iraq, Bush orders the firing of missiles on the country’s capital
-Ariel Sharon elected Israeli prime minister (Jan. 29).
-Suicide bombing destroys UN headquarters in Baghdad, killing 24, including top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello (Aug. 19).
-Palestinian suicide bombing in Jerusalem kills 20 Israelis, including 6 children (Aug. 19).
-Suicide bombers attack two synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 25 (Nov. 15).
-Saddam Hussein is captured by American troops (Dec. 13).
- Leni Reifenstahl dies

2004
- Tsunami kills hundreds and thousands of people.
- The Secret Policeman documentary looks at institutional racism within the police force.
-Spain is rocked by terrorist attacks, killing more than 200. Al Qaeda takes responsibility (March 11).
- Michael Moore releases Farenheit 9/11
- Mel Gibson releases Passion of the Christ

2005
- Desperate Housewives (Kiran’s Independent Study)
- Iraq elections take place
-Pope John Paul II Dies (April 2). Benedict XVI becomes the next pope (April 24).
-Tony Blair becomes first Labour Party prime minister to win three successive terms, but his party loses a large number of seats in the elections (May 5).
-The European Union abandons plans to ratify the proposed European constitution by 2006 after both France and the Netherlands vote against it (June 16).
-London hit by Islamic terrorist bombings, killing 52 and wounding about 700. It is Britain's worst attack since World War II (July 7).
-Group of Eight industrial nations pledge to double aid to Africa to $50 billion a year by 2010, cancel the debt of many poor countries, and open trade (July 8).

2006
-A Danish newspaper challenges taboos against illustrations of Muhammad by printing several negative cartoons depicting him. Angry demonstrators throughout the Muslim world smash windows, set fires, and burn flags of Denmark and other nations whose newspapers reprint the cartoons (Feb. 4 onward).
-Saddam Hussein is convicted of crimes against humanity by an Iraqi court (Nov. 5), and hanged in Baghdad. A witness videotapes the hanging using a cell phone and captures the chaos that unfolds as Shiite guards taunt Hussein (Dec. 30).

1990s

1990s

1990
- Thatcher steps down from prime minister. John Major comes in
- British Satellite Broadcasting makes its debut but the company is quickly hit by financial difficulties. It then merges with Sky
- Yugoslav Communists end 45-year monopoly of power.
- Nelson Mandela is freed after being imprisoned for 27yrs.
-The X rating is replaced by NC-17 (no children under 17).

1991
- The Broadcasting Standards Council is set up to monitor sex, violence and bad language on radio and tv.
- Europeans end sanctions on South Africa (April 15). South African Parliament repeals apartheid laws (June 5).

1992
- Previously agreed by EC governments in 1991, the treaty on closer political and economic union between European states is finally signed.
- Channel 4 ‘The Big Breakfast’ begins
-Bush and Yeltsin proclaim a formal end to the Cold War (Feb. 1).
-US lifts trade sanctions against China (Feb. 21).

1993
-Vaclav Havel elected Czech President (Jan. 26).
-British House of Commons approves European unity pact (May 20). Maastricht -Treaty takes effect, creating European Union (Nov. 1).
-Twenty-two UN troops killed in Somalia (June 5).
-Clinton agrees to compromise on military's ban on homosexuals (Jan. 29).
-Five arrested, sixth sought in bombing of World Trade Center in New York (March 29).

1994
-Thousands dead in Rwanda massacre (April 6).
-South Africa holds first interracial national election (April 29); Nelson Mandela elected President.
-Israel signs accord with Palestinians (May 4), peace treaty with Jordan (Oct. 17).
-IRA declares cease-fire in Northern Ireland (Aug. 31). Ulster Protestants declare cease-fire (Oct. 13).
- Friends and ER begin.

1995
- OJ Simpson found not guilty.
- The Rhona Cameron show for gays and lesbians.

1996
- First GM food goes on sale.
- The Simpsons arrive to the BBC.
-France agrees to end nuclear testing (Jan. 29). Background: nuclear disarmament
-Britain alarmed by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease (March 20 et seq.).
-Ethnic violence breaks out in Zairian refugee camps (Oct. 13); Clinton approves plan for UN-backed relief mission for 1.2 million Hutu refugees starving in eastern Zaire (Nov. 13). Hundreds of thousands return to Rwanda (Nov. 15–18).

1997
- Channel 5 launches.
- The ‘Teletubbies’ begins.
- News 24 launches.
-Tony Blair leads Labour to huge victory making him the youngest prime minister.
- Princess Diana and Mother Teresa die.
-US, UK, and France agree to freeze Nazis' gold loot (Feb. 3).
-Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule (June 30).

1998
- Viagra goes on sale.
- ITV screens a three-part series about the wave of women MPs that have arrived with the advent of Tony Blair’s Labour Gov.
-ITV2 launches.
-Europeans agree on single currency, the euro(May 3).
-India conducts three atomic tests despite worldwide disapproval (May 11, 13). Pakistan stages five nuclear tests in response (May 29, 30).
-US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed (Aug. 7). US cruise missiles hit suspected terrorist bases in Sudan and Afghanistan (Aug. 20).

1999
- Total Eclipse (I remember this I thought I was going to be blind if I looked directly)
- Queer as Folk- gay sitcom which received complaints about the sex scenes
- Last transmission of ITV’s news at 10
- Television cameras are allowed into the House of Commons for the first time on an experimental basis.
-Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over.
-Pakistani government is overthrown in the midst of economic strife and intensified fighting with India over Kashmir (Oct. 12). Background: 1999 in Review.
-The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug, with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddon.

1980s

1980s

1980
- Debut of Margaret Thatcher’s ‘truly favourite programme.’ In 1984, the PM performs in her own sketch with Nigel Hawthorne and Paul Eddington to mark the 20th anniversary of the National Viewers and Listeners Association
- The oil tycoon is shot at the end of the second series of US soap Dallas, promoting a national obsession over who pulled the trigger and even a BBC report.
- Women police officers have been on Britain’s streets since the 1949, but it isn’t until the 1980s that TV really takes notice
- Telethons come to the UK for the first time with the BBC’s appeal show. Comic Relief follow in 1988
- 6 US embassy aides escape from Iran with Canadian help
- US diplomatic ties with Iran
- Ronald Reagan elected president in Republican sweep
- Ted Turner launches CNN, the first all news network

1981
- Lord Scarman’s report following the Brixton race riots leads to the introduction of the Police Complaints Authority and other measures aimed at improving trust improving trust between the police and ethnic minority communities
- A worldwide TV audience of 750 million watch the Royal wedding which features the first Buckingham Palace ‘balcony kiss’
- The Supreme Courts rules to allow television cameras in the courtroom

1982
- Roger Graef and Charles Stewart’s fly-on-the-wall series for the BBC following the Thames Valley Police is broadcast a year after the 1981 race riots
- Falklands War
- Channel 4 launches
- ‘The Young Ones’ sitcom full of topical references to Thatcher’s government, police brutality and the Bomb.
- ‘Brookside’ The show’s continual use of the word ‘pissing’ and ‘bollocks’ lead to tabloids to dub the new station ‘Channel Swore’

1983
- Terrorist explosion kills 237 US marines in Beirut
- BBC 1 Breakfast Time a month later TV AM begins on ITV

1984
- The longest industrial dispute in British history begins over proposed pit closure in Yorkshire. Miners return to work in 1985 after national campaigns of support, pitched battles with police and 10,000 arrests.
- Micheal Buerk reports broadcasts from Ethiopia about the famine
- Italy and Vatican agree to end Roman Catholicism as a state religion.
- Three hundred slain as Indian Army occupies Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar (June 6).
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards; 1,000 killed in anti-Sikh riots; son Rajiv succeeds her (Oct. 31).
Toxic gas leaks from Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killing 2,000 and injuring 150,000 (Dec. 3).

1985
- Eastenders begins at 7pm then moves to a later time after various complaints of it often containing gritty subject matter
- Gorbachev become Soviet Leader
- The Home Secretary Leon Brittan asks the BBC governors to stop the broadcast of At Edge of the Union an edition of Real Lives about extremists in Northern Ireland.

1986
-Nuclear disaster in Ukraine more than 10,000 dead.
- 5 years after the first cases of Aids were discovered. John Hurt narrates the ‘Don’t die of ignorance’
-Spain and Portugal join European Economic Community
- US supreme courts bars racial bias in trial jury selection.
- US supreme courts reaffirms abortion rights.

1987
- Women are able to become priests in the Church of England
- ‘Rising star of the New Right’ The series spans Thatcher and major governments and often pre-empts the sex scandals and other embarrassments that plague the Tories in the late 80’s
- Prime Minister Thatcher wins rare third term in Britain.
-US supreme courts rules must admit women
- Fatal Attraction the film is released.

1988
- The government fails to prevent the broadcast of ITV’s investigative documentary about the British Special Forces’ controversial killings of 3 IRA gunmen in Gibraltar. The Sun newspaper had a headline ‘Storm as SAS Telly Trial’
- Benazir Bhutto first Islamic woman prime minister

1989
- Neelema and Kiran were born
- Channel 4 helps cement its reputation as the broadcaster most attuned to multicultural Britain, with a sitcom ‘Desmonds’ set in Peckham.
- Sky launches the UK’s first satellite television service.
- ‘Blackadder goes forth’ sitcom set during the First World War set in the trenches.
- Fall of the Berlin Wall
-Salman Rushdie's novel Satanic Verses is published and sparks immediate controversy. Islamic militants put a price on his head.

1970s

1970:

-Biafra surrenders after 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.

-Doctors are writing 4.8 million prescriptions for Librium in England alone.

1971:

-Shillings disappear in Britain and decimals come in.

1972:

-Bloody Sunday,peaceful civil-rights march in Derry descends into chaos as British paratroopers open fire, killing 14 irish civilians.

-Newsround, first news programme for children.

-Second longest running soap on Brit tv = Emmerdale.

- Supreme Court rules that death penalty is unconstitutional (June 29).

-Eleven Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich are killed after eight members of an Arab terrorist group invade Olympic Village.

1973:

-Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark enter European Economic Community.

-Chile's Marxist president, Salvadore Allende, is overthrown.

-Watergate Trial, trial of 7 men accused of bugging the Democratic Party HQ in Washington leads to constitutional crisis.

-First teletext system is devised by BBC technicians.

-Fourth and biggest Arab-Israeli conflict begins as Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israel as Jews mark Yom Kippur, holiest day in their calendar (Oct. 6

1974:

-Local Government Act reforms local government; replaces counties with metropolitan and non-metropolitan county and district councils.

-Patricia Hearst, 19-year-old daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army, later she takes part in the gang's terror activities, claiming she had been brainwashed.

1975:

-Equal Pay Act makes it illegal for men and women to have different terms and conditions of employment.

1976:

-Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority.

-Trial of Liberal MP Jeremny Thorpe begins after allegations that he had arranged to murder a man with whom he had had a homosexual relationshiop.

-Bill Grundy from Sex Pistols says F word live on early evening tv, Pistols are dropped from their record label, the punk movement gains nationwide publicity.

1977:

-First woman Episcopal priest ordained.

-Elizabeth II celebrates her Silver Jubilee; 25 years on the throne.

1978:

-Winter of Discontent': during strikes power cuts and fuel shortages commonplace.

-Over 900 members of Reverend Jim Jones' cult die after a mass suicide/murder at their compound in Guyana, where poisoned juice is distributed, or force fed to his followers.

-Home cooking is in decline as people turn to takeaways, Delia takes charge!

1979:

-Margaret Thatcher becomes prime minister (first woman to hold the office).

-Oil spills pollute ocean waters in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

-Revolutionary forces under Muslim leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, take over.

-Soviet invasion of Afghanistan stirs world protests (Dec. 27).

1960s

1960:

-Kennedy elected as President-seventy million people watched.

-Queen first message at Christmas.

-Top Nazi murderer of Jews, Adolf Eichmann, captured by Israelis in Argentina (May 23)—executed in Israel in 1962.

-Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology.

-The Pill goes on sale
Oral contraception which is 99% effective has a liberating effect on the English approach to sex.

1961:

-Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space.

-First episode of Songs of Praise.

-U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba.

- Cuba invaded at Bay of Pigs ( an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government) by an estimated 1,200 anti-Castro exiles aided by U.S.; invasion crushed.

1962:

-Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at age 36.
-Government regulations force studios out of the talent agency business.

-Kennedy orders Cuban blockade.

-Cuba releases 1,113 prisoners of 1961 invasion attempt.

-Burundi, Jamaica, Western Samoa, Uganda, and Trinidad and Tobago become independent.

1963:

-JFK assassinated, shot and killed by Jack Ruby, Dallas nightclub owner

-Civil rights rally held by 200,000 blacks and whites in Washington, D.C.; Martin Luther King delivers “I have a dream” speech (Aug. 28).

-Kenya achieves independence.

1964:

-Nelson Mendela sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of high treason, sparking off protests around the world.

-Top of the Pops.

1965:

-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than 2,600 other blacks arrested in Selma, Ala., during three-day demonstrations against voter-registration rules.

-Malcolm X, black-nationalist leader, shot to death at Harlem rally in New York City

-Churchill dies.

-'Tomorrow's World', a show about new technologies and inventions.

-Kenneth Tynan first person to say F word on tv.

1966:

-England World Cup.

1967:

-First heart transplant.

-Coronation Street, 20 million viewers.

-Stamp with Queen on it.

-Sexual Offences Act
This Act ends the total ban on sex between men which has been in place since 1885.

1968:

-Sudents riot in Paris as they object to the apparent closure of the city's uni. hundreds arrested.

-First black woman police officer.

-First issue of Time Out. The essential listings guide to everything that's cool in London.

-"Rivers of Blood" speech. Enoch Powell makes his "Rivers of Blood" speech in Birmingham, stirring up racial prejudice and calling for forced re-patriation of immigrants.

1969:

-Stonewall riot in New York City marks beginning of gay rights movement.

-Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon.

-Kray Twins convicted of murder. The East End's most notorious gangsters are convicted at the Old Bailey. The Kray twins were celebrities as well as violent criminals.

-Concorde was created.

-Benny Hill's first appearance - known for chasing scantily clad women, Benny Hill is one of this country's top comedy exports.

-voting age reduced to 18.

-Women's Liberation Workshop is founded.

-Parliament votes to outlaw capital punishment.

1950s

1950:

-Korean War begins when North Korean Communist forces invade South Korea (June 25).

-First BBC programme for toddlers.

-Saturday morning children's programming begins.
-Phonevision, the first pay-per-view service, becomes available.

-First time television images are transmitted across the channel.

-BBCs first broadcast from the House of Commons.

-Assassination attempt on President Truman by Puerto Rican nationalists (Nov. 1).

1951:

-King Geogre opens the Festival of Britain, marking the anniversary of the Great Exhibition of 1851-capturing the post-war public's imagination.

-Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for passing atomic secrets to Russians (March).

- Libya gains independence (Dec. 24).

-Television cameras are allowed on 10 Downing Street for the first time.

-CBS in the US transmits the first colour programme.

-Hydrogen bomb developed.

1952:

-George VI dies, his funeral is broadcasted live on television, first time a monarch's funeral could be shared=establishing a tradition of Royal television events; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II (Feb. 6).

-Identity Cards are abolished.

-The first programme for deaf children (BBC)

-BBC's first major panel games, 'Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?'

-London smog kills 4,000 Londoners from respiratory diseases

1953:
-James Watson and Francis Crick discover the structure of the DNA, they announce that they have "found the secret of life", their work explains genetic inheritance.

-To counteract the threat of television, Hollywood thinks big and develops wide-screen processes.

-East Berliners rise against Communist rule.

-Egypt becomes republic ruled by military junta.

-Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed in Sing Sing prison.

-Moscow announces explosion of hydrogen bomb.

-The Queen's coronation is the first time TV gets a bigger audience than radio! (BBC)

-First British science-fiction series (BBC).

-Panorama airs as a cultural review (BBC).

-Heart and lung machine first used in surgery.

1954:

-The revenue for television broadcasters finally surpasses that of radio broadcasters. Gross revenue for television is $593 million.

-Algerian War of Independence against France begins (Nov.); France struggles to maintain colonial rule until 1962 when it agrees to Algeria's independence.

-First in-vision weatherman-George Cowling (BBC).

-First transmission of newsreel (BBC).

-Television Act becomes law.

-'The Grove Family' is first soap for adults (BBC).

-David Attenboroug becomes a star!

1955:

-Rosa Parks, a black American, refuses to move from the white section of a bus in Alabama=boycott of local buses by blacks and helps set in motion of the US Civil Rights movement (Martin Luther King).
-James Dean dies in a car accident at age 26.
-BBC's monopoly of British TV is over as ITV begins broadcasting.

1956:

-First European Cup Final

1957:

-first Earth-orbiting satellite—the Space Age begins.

-Lewisham Train crash, 92 people die when 2 trains collide in the fog

1958:

-European Economic Community (Common Market) becomes effective

-The first CND protests.

-Blue Peter.

-Notting Hill riots.

1959:

-M1 motorway opens.

-First Sikh temple in Southall.

-Rumors of cheating on quiz shows erupt into a national scandal.

-Cuban President Batista resigns and flees—Castro takes over.

-Tibet's Dalai Lama escapes to India.

London's economy and jobs
Manufacturing firms flourished during the 1950s, particularly those making consumer goods such as televisions, washing machines and radios. 'White collar' jobs were on the increase as an office boom brought over 50,000 new jobs to London and service took a bigger share of London’s overall economy.
By the 1950s services accounted for 51% of London’s economy, manufacturing accounted for 42%. Women benefited most from the new office jobs. During the 1950s women came to outnumber men in London's offices, for the first time ever.

Wednesday, April 02nd cover work-essay for 'The Sun online' homepage and BBC News report.

Text One is 'The Sun Online' homepage (07/04/08) from the internet and the function of it is to inform people of the daily news. Text Two is the BBC News report (04-06-89) about the Tiananmen Square massacre, the function of this is also informing the people about news.

The BBCs main aim is to inform, educate and entertain (Reighian). This news clip both informs and educates the audience as it is informing them of the massacre in Tiananmen square which is in a different country, therefore they do not have a great deal of insight on it. The audience are being educated about worldwide events and are learning about politics in different countries. This clip shows that the BBC considers global news as well as local. However, on The Sun homepage, this is not the case as all of the stories are either from America or Britain. This reflects the globalised world we live in today. The difference of stories in both texts reflect upon the suggested target audience. The BBC clip is considered "hard news" (Galtung and Rouge) because it is based upon a serious political story, whereas The Sun homepage is considered "soft news" as most of the stories are about celebrities. Therefore, the audience for the BBC in 1989 were presumably middle/upper class professionals, whereas the audience for The Sun homepage are probably working class.

The BBC news clip shows the political "mayhem" China was in during the 1980s. This story can be linked to current issues in China regarding Tibet which have featured on BBC news. Here, China is represented as a politically unstable and corrupt country because it is still seen as being in distress. This also represents the BBC as liberal because they are focusing on news from an LEDC Asian country, which 18 years ago was probably not seen as important as it is now, however, the BBC did regard it as an important story. Nevertheless, the victims are represented as "naive" by the BBC, this could represent the BBC as being offensive towards Chinese people, also, they would probably not be able to say this about residents of another country in today's news because it would be seen as offensive and they would receive many complaints as England is a much more multicultural country than it was in the 80s. This offensive attitude towards another country can be seen as hegemonic because the presenter is white and the BBC have been criticised as being "ridiculously white" (Greg Dyke), therefore, the audience are being injected with white ideologies. However, todays multiculturalism and acceptance of different ethnicities are reflected on The Sun homepage as there are three stories regarding black people, one is about the singer Jay-Z and the other is about footballer Rio Ferdinand and finally, there is an article about chat show host Trisha Goddard. On the other hand, even though this is showing racial equality by signifying the importance of black people today, it also supports the point that black people are portrayed as "entertainers" (Tony...).

Furthermore, representation remains an issue. On The Sun homepage, there is over representation of women. However, women are sexually objectified as there are approximately four stories regarding women,and the word "sexy" and pictures of women in lingerie. This is not surprising as The sun is infamous for their Page Three. Moreover, the owner of The Sun is Rupert Murdoch, therefore it can be seen as a hegemonic newspaper as the audience are being injected with male ideologies that women are to be looked at, reinforcing Laura Mulvey's theory that women are to be looked at by the male gaze. On the other hand, this is not the case of the BBC where the presenter is a woman, therefore she is represented as an educated, professional and independent woman as opposed to being infamous for selling her body (Jordan story from The Sun homepage) and is not sexually objectified. Again, this represents the BBC as liberal.

Whilst the BBC news clip discusses the rage in China, The Sun newspaper is still clinging on to the Diana inquest. Even though Princess Diana died twelve years ago The Sun still feel it is important to discuss her death, this could represent The Sun as patriotic because it symbolises the importance of royalty to England. This can also be supported by the fact that the main colour scheme on The Sun homepage is red and white, which are also predominant colours of the English flag. Similarly, this is also a main headline on the BBC homepage (07/04/08).

The differences between these two texts are that The Sun homepage has an advantage because it is accessible to the nation. As the internet is growing every day, almost every household has access to the internet, therefore, the headlines on The Sun homepage can be viewed 24/7 whereas the BBC news clip was aired on TV, therefore it was probably not as effective as The Sun homepage is today. However, the BBC now have a website, a text service which enables their eudience to receive texts about the main headlines (no matter what country they are in), ability to watch the news online and a BBC News channel. Therefore, the BBC are now much more effective in pleasing their audience.

media guardian story
The BBC3 controller, Danny Cohen, has bought the antipodean mockumentary series Summer Heights High from the Australian broadcaster ABC.The BBC digital channel will show the eight-part series, a darkly comic parody of Australian school life, shot in the style of a documentary and created by the comedian Chris Lilley, later this year.In the series Lilley plays all three main characters, including a camp drama teacher called Mr G, who is known for writing musicals for his students including one called Tsunamarama, based on the events of the 2004 tsunami disaster, set to the music of Bananarama.Lilley also plays Ja'mie King, a pampered and manipulative 16-year-old female student transferred from a private school.He also plays the rebellious 13-year-old Pacific Islander student Jonah Takalua, who is known for scrawling his graffiti tag "dicktation" around Summer Heights High, and for phrases such as "I'm not dumb, I'm just choosing not to be smart at the moment".The supporting cast includes David Lennie as the social officer Doug Peterson, and Kristy Barnes-Cullen as the English teacher Sarah Wheatley.Summer Heights High has already been bought by the US cable network HBO and attracted the support of the influential showbiz blogger Perez Hilton, who recently called it one of his "favourite shows on the planet". The Australian show will be broadcast in the US later this year.When it debuted on ABC in September last year, the series, which is shot in Melbourne, also performed well, peaking at 1.6 million viewers and averaging about 1.2 million, an overall share of around 20%.Lucy Lumsden, the BBC's controller of comedy commissioning, said: "Summer Heights High is a fantastic addition to the BBC3 comedy lineup for 2008 - with a truly brilliant central performance from Chris Lilley."

THIS ARTICLE IS IMPORTANT AS IT LOOKS AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMMES IN AUSTRAILIA WHICH THE BBC IS AIMING TO INVEST IN. THIS ARTICLE ALSO INCLUDES INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS ABC AND HBO WHICH YOU CAN INCLUDE IN YOUR ISSUES AND DEBATES MODULE

Which company is Microsoft in merger talks with, and why?
ITV to support a share price.

Which Broadband provider narrowly avoided sanctions from the ASA this week?
Virgin Media

Who featured on YouTube, describing scientology as 'a blast'?
Tom Cruise

What, according to Screen Digest's latest report, is behind a 38% increase in online TV viewing?
BBC IPlayer

Which controversial E4 drama is set to return for a second series?
Skins

Which 3-month strike looks set to be resolved just in time for the Oscars?
Hollywood's striking film and TV writers.

Which film surprised the bookies by winning the most Baftas?

Edith Piaf biopic, La Vie En Rose

Which recent media scandal appears to have hit BT's share price?

Mini laptop

Which black comedian has recently criticised the media for being 'too white and too middleclass'?

Lenny Henry

Who has attacked the BBC, complaining that its programming decisions are based on 'its own survivalist needs rather than the licence-payer's desires'?

Grange Hill creator Phil Redmond has criticised the BBC for axing the school drama


Channel 4 have just made a new appointment. Who have they appointed and why is that appointment controversial?
Jonathon Ross and Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal is set to be the first to move in a deal reported to be worth around £1m - twice what the BBC felt it could offer.

Which popular website has been banned in Pakistan, and why?
You Tube because of anti-Islamic film clips.

What aspect of the internet is culture secretary, Andy Burnham, determined to crack down on?

film production to recorded music, from advertising to fashion.

Didn't he do well to reach 80? (Question: who on earth am I talking about?)

Bruce Forsythe

ITV's programming has recently undergone a revamp. Which audience were they attempting to reach out to?

younger, upmarket viewers

Which pair of auteurs won an impressive number of Oscars last week?

The Coen brothers

2. Which royal was the subject of a controversial media blackout recently, and why?

Prince Harry, an Australian magazine wrote about that the third in line to the throne was on deployment in Helmand Province

3. Why is Michael Grade under pressure this week?

ITV's profits fell 35% year on year and with the company's share price faltering.

4. Which natural history presenter bowed-out on Monday night, and how many viewers tuned-in to watch his swansong?

David Attenborough, 6.1 million viewers.

5. Which Tory peer and one-time Daily Telegraph owner has just been jailed for embezzlement?

Conrad Black

Why is BBC Worldwide's acquisition strategy under fire?
lower profits this year.

2. Which series of programmes has opened the BBC up to allegations of racism?

White Season

3. Why has the ASA banned the latest ad for Ghd's hair straighteners?

because it was likely to cause serious offence, especially to Christians, and banned it from British screens.

4. Why are some blaming the press for the suicide of Chief Constable Mike Todd?

Unconfirmed reports stated that Todd's behaviour over the past few days had concerned colleagues, and there was speculation that a Sunday newspaper was planning to run a story on him.

5. Which glossy women's mag is about to undergo an online re-launch?

Cosmopolitan