talk/speech-based radio stations
A written analysis of maximum 1,000 words comparing news output of three selected talk/speech-based radio stations or stations with significant news outputs on a given day – for example BBC Radio 4, Radio 2, and a commercial radio station with regular n
1. A written analysis of maximum 1,000 words comparing news output of three selected talk/speech-based radio stations or stations with significant news outputs on a given day – for example BBC Radio 4, Radio 2, and a commercial radio station with regular news bulletins of at least 3 minutes in duration.You may choose foreign language radio stations, but will have to provide English-language translations.
a. you will take for analysis their bulletins broadcast at three points in the day: morning, lunchtime and evening (not necessarily on the same hour);
b. you will list stories with their brief descriptions of about 10 words each in the order in which they were broadcast in each bulletin (9 bulletins in all)
c. you will indicate which stories were headlined in the bulletins
d. you will compare each of the bulletins broadcast at the selected time of the day in terms of the choice of the lead story, the headlines selection and hierarchy trying to explain the differences in terms of target audience, formats and focus of the stations.
e. You will analyse how the sequencing of stories and their content changed throughout the day and explain the reasons from the point of view of news values as described in reference literature listed in your module handbook focusing only on headlined stories.





