Audience and Industry: blog tasks Dr.who

 Audience


1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963?
8-70 . No most of the audience are from that age .

2) What audience psychographic groups might particularly enjoy Doctor Who?
People that are explorers have interest in suspence and sci-fi .Also succeders and rich people because not many people had a TV in 1963 .

3) What audience pleasures are offered by An Unearthly Child? 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: People would want to be like the Doctor and be wise .

Personal Relationships: With Susan as she went to school and young people will relate to it .

Diversion (Escapism):People will find entertainment in doctor who and it will be an escape from reality .

Surveillance (Information / Facts): People will see the school .

4) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience?
Some people would watch it for entertainment .And there would be a specific audience that doctor who is aiming at .


5) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child?
The audience will have visceral pleasures when the teachers got trapped in the main story after looking for Susan . Also they saw the TARDIS .


Industries

1) What was the television industry like in 1963? How many channels were there?

It was small and their was only two channels .
2) Why is Doctor Who such an important franchise for the BBC? 
It funds BBC and also has a massive audience .

3) How does Doctor Who meet the BBC's mission statement to 'inform, educate and entertain'?

It educates people about space it entertains people and has a fandom it also updates people .

4) How is the BBC funded?

TV liscense .

5) Who regulates the BBC and what is the watershed?

Ofcom regulates BBC and the watershed is 9pm .

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