BBC Two Essays

  • Edward Snowden: Traitor or Whistleblower

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    was simply a citizen of the United States who exercised his right to expose the government for their unconstitutional actions. It is important to not only know the two sides to the argument of friend or foe, but to also know the facts as well. My goal in this paper is to present the facts without bias and to adequately portray the two sides of the argument. To give the full picture of Edward Snowden I must start before his role in the government. Edward Snowden never graduated from high school,

  • Comparing News Bulletins by BBC and ITV

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    Comparing News Bulletins by BBC and ITV The news is a collection of information, which is presented to people in different forms. It is broadcasted via several types of media including television, radio and newspapers, although news does get broadcasted through other means. People find the news important because they want to know what is happening and information only makes the news because it is deemed important enough to tell people. News is usually in four groups; international, national

  • A Look into Digital Broadcasting

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    Broadcasting Digital Broadcasting will have a fundamental effect on viewing patterns, popular culture and audience identity. This will be done firstly by looking at the history of the BBC and the original intention of Public Service Broadcasting. It will discuss how by John Reith’s successful approach to broadcasting, the BBC became a National Institution creating popular culture and a National Identity. It will examine how these first steps and ideas have major role in the introduction of Digital Broadcasting

  • An Analysis of Gloucester

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    This is a comparison and contrast of two different views of the character, Gloucester in the play King Lear. It will show the different ways that Gloucester has his eyes ripped out. It will also show the different ways the lighting is used and what kind of scenery. It will also show the difference in the ages of the character. Let’s not leave out the wardrobe and the difference between both productions. It will show how Gloucester ages and has similar problems as that of the King. In the first

  • The Formation and Development of BBC Radio

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    The Formation and Development of BBC Radio Text Box: The BBC was established as a private corporation in October 1922, funded through a broadcast receiving licence fee plus ten per cent of the revenue generated from the sale of radio receivers. The service was an immediate success, with over a million licences sold by the Post Office before regular daily transmissions began. Within three years around 85 per cent of the population was able to receive the broadcasts, which consisted of

  • A Comparison of Two Film Openings to Great Expectations

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    A Comparison of Two Film Openings to Great Expectations The story "Great Expectations" is based in Victorian times and was written by Charles Dickens in the 1860s. This novel which Charles Dickens wrote has been produced as a film one version by David Lean and another by B.B.C. The B.B.C version is the modern version and the version produced by David Lean is the traditional version. I will be comparing these two versions of the openings to "Great Expectations". These two openings use varying

  • Comparing the Opening Scenes of the David Lean and the B.B.C. Versions of Great Expectations By Charles Dickens

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    Versions of Great Expectations By Charles Dickens David Lean's version of Great Expectations is in my opinion more effective at showing the fear and tension in Scene 1. David Leans version was made in 1946 so it is shot in black and white. The BBC Version was made in 1997 and was in colour. Lean's version is very similar to the novel more than the B.B.C version. Lean's was the most effective at using most of the dialogue than the B.B.C version. The B.B.C version used a small amount of the

  • Unrelated Incidents’ by Tom Leonard and Search for my Tongue by Sujata Bhatt

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    What does the way a person speaks tell us about the person? ‘Unrelated Incidents’ by Tom Leonard and ‘Search for my Tongue’ by Sujata Bhatt are two poems that give people an incite into how a person is perceived by others, by the way that they speak. ‘Unrelated Incidents’ is about how the BBC newsreaders all talking in Standard English and will not have a Scottish person reading the news because the viewers will not understand there accent, Tom Leonard views this as discrimination and shows

  • Comparing the Opening and Witches Scenes in Macbeth

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    Comparing the Opening and Witches Scenes in Macbeth We watched two different versions of Macbeth. One was the BBC Shakespeare and the other one was a production called Middle English! While both productions told the story of the original play by William Shakespeare they were different in a number of ways. The BBC Shakespeare presents a traditional version of Macbeth. The director starts with a long shot of a bleak, empty landscape. As the camera zooms in it starts to focus on a granite

  • Newspaper and Online Media

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    newspaper. Hall (2001, p.2) state that there are 200 million people using the web regularly and the web page is around 800 million. Nowadays, the web users are still growing up very fast. But the newspaper still playing a important role in news area. These two major news media become a part of people's life. Both of them have advantage and disadvantage. Newspaper had developed for a long time, and web technology is new. But they are all produce information to audiences as soon as possible. For many years

  • Comparing Radio and Television

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    Comparing Radio and Television Whilst examining radio and television, their similarities and differences, I felt it necessary to concentrate primarily with British terrestrial television and radio channels. Although conscious of the variety available, attempting to address all available stations would be foolhardy. A phone call to Sky Digital, which informed that they could offer a staggering 204 television channels, confirmed this. How times change. The three mediums of radio, film

  • Public Service Broadcasting

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    Public Service Broadcasting From the establishment of the BBC in the late 1920s, British audiences were given the opportunity of taking part in a shared national experience and interest. Since that time, an apparent agreement has existed as to the general aims of broadcasting by the BBC which fell under the heading “public service broadcasting.” Although the BBC no longer enjoys a broadcasting monopoly, the promise to provide a mix of programming by which audiences may be educated as well as

  • Persuasive Essay

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    TV is the most common technology device people use and they watch TV for almost all the time. Doctors who know about the advantages and disadvantages in health say that TV does more harmful performances than favorable performances while people who just watch a lot of TV say that doing this is good for them. Since doctors can help cure people and know what is acceptable for them, this would mean that the doctors are correct about TV harming people than on how the people who watch a lot of TV believe

  • In the UK, radio and television broadcasting developed as a public service and remained so for a long time. But in the US broadcasting was dominated b

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    INTRODUCTION. Within this essay I will analyze how Radio and Television Broadcasting differs in approach within the UK and US. This essay will explain how the UK use Radio and Television Broadcasting as a Public Service opposed the US who dominate these services as a Private enterprise and will then determine which approach is better and why. Radio was invented in 1896 as a form of wireless telegraphy, which transmits the Morse code without the need for fixed stations and cables; this system was

  • Smart tvs are a smart choice

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    in the traditional manner, or with the assistance of the internet it can be transported into a computer or gaming system. If you do not currently have internet capabilities, that will need to be arranged so all of its features can be used. There are two ways to connect your TV to the internet. You can use the Ethernet port on the back of the set, or it can be connected with Wi-Fi. It is important to remember that unless you have unlimited usage you will need to monitor the amount of time spent on the

  • TV Rate Hikes

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    Millions of people around the world struggle with decision making, especially when it comes to paying or cutting out monthly bills. The questions one must ask, is what bill can be cut out if any? What bill can be paid latter? The American consumers are tired of the pesky cable/satellite bill creeping up like, a predator hunting for its’ prey. Many Americans are contemplating whether they should continue paying for cable TV or cut the cord altogether? Today, the average American home pays over $103

  • Television and Media - Censorship of TV Violence Not Necessary

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    Not Necessary Censorship of televised media often begins as a result of the concern many adults show over what their children watch. Children begin watching television at an early age, and they are usually lifetime viewers by the time they are two to three years old. There is usually a steady increase in the amount of television watched during a persons' childhood. This is followed by a decline during adolescence. What is more of a concern to the American people, however, is the amount of violence

  • Royalties and Licensing

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    music onto any kind of media for public distribution, for example, cassette tapes and CDs. The permission to reproduce the composition/song must be granted by the pub... ... middle of paper ... ...s, the £11.53 per minute on BBC Radio one or the £19.64 per minute on BBC Radio 2. PRS for Music is not to be confused with Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) which essentially serves the same purpose. However, where PRS for Music collects royalties on behalf of the author, songwriter, composer and

  • Analytical Essay

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    Chapter     Outline Preface      Chapter     Title     Page Preface          Outline     1 I          Introduction     2      A     The Canadian Cable Television Industry     2

  • Canadian Broadcasting History

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    The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian Crown Corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster. Already operating both radio (AM and FM) and television networks in French and English, CBC additionally; provides programming in Native languages, running a multilingual shortwave service for listeners overseas; and provides closed-captioning for the deaf, as well. First established in its present form on November 2nd, in 1936, CBC