BBC Three's Documentary on 'Websex'

What is being done by the soundtrack/ voiceover/ dialogue?

The voiceover is informative and lets the audience know of what’s going on so it ‘anchors’ us to reassure the audience of the endeavours.

What sound and visual techniques are used to convey meaning?

The use of using the particular genre type of music, Dubstep, conveys the meaning that its been made for a younger audience.

What are the denotative meanings and connotations?

The denotative meaning of the sound is that it’s very upbeat and modern and this connotes that this documentary is about the young modern life of teenagers.

What is the significance of the mise-en-scene?

The props that are used like the laptop, tablet and smart phones shows us that its young, in-style and contemporary. The clothes and make up being worn by the teens aren’t too dressed up or over the top, it’s very casual and in result doesn’t look like a fake show.

What are the dominant images and iconography?

The dominant images are the girl presenting the documentary and all the different technologies being used.

What assumptions about the audience are made?

The assumption about the audience would be that they’re young and also maybe doing the same kind of things and is actually interested in the topic question “what’s the harm?” so young questionable teens.

How might the audience react to the text?

The audience may react different that eachother as it is a sensitive topic. On the one hand it could be negative as its giving teens a bad image and portraying them to be irrisponable and innapropiate, but it also educates and informs people today of the dangers out there and how much e-media influences our lives

It appeals to the audience by using the topic sex, technology, a similar age group, different ethnic backgrounds and the use of identification all appeals to the audience

Who is the target audience?

The target audience would be 16-25 year olds of both genders.

To which genre/s does the text belong?

Expository and reflexive.

Which generic conventions is the text using?

Real footage and the use of voice overs to inform us by the narrator

What are the audiences’ generic expectations are they fulfilled or subverted?

The audience have been informed on the topic but the problem still does exist.

Who is being represented?

Young adults and teens (aged 16-24)

What is being represented?

The danger of ‘websex’ by young adults. Is it wrong?

Why is the subject being represented in this way?

To warn other people to be cautious of meeting people online and also give tips on how to stay safe.

Are there any stereotypes?

Yes. Stereotypes of teens, they’re portrayed of being irresponsible with privileges and also disrespectful to themselves and others

How are these ideas and values put across in the text?

The text informs, educates and also entertains us which is the BBC’s aim

What is the institutional source of the text?

They did primary research on their target audience.

Who owns and controls the institution?The Public

Is the text a public service or commercial institution?

Public service

How does the text appeal to the audience?

Technophobes

BBC Three is launching a new program called “Technophobes”, following the lives of five people who are afraid of technology.

Audience: ‘Technophobe’ is a documentary about fears of gadgets so the target audience would be around 15-30 year olds as they are the most interested in tech and would want to discover more. Generally BBC Three’s target audience is 16-34 year olds so this program fits in well. The audience is divided into socio economic bands and for this new program it will appeal more to the C1, C2 as they are able to afford all the new technology. But it would also appeal to the E band of audience as its more of students are also interested in all the new gadgets and gizmos. The gender this program applies to would be mostly males as they’re supposedly more into it then females.

Institution: the program would be shown fairly late at 10 o clock so young children wouldn’t be able to watch this, so more of your typical working class men would be watching this.

Media Forms: the type of program I expect to see would be observational/expository documentary so there would be voice overs narrating what’s happening also hidden cameras would be used so that the audience could see the honest progress of the 5 individuals as they wouldn’t they’re being filmed and give a 100% natural performance.

Representations: I think it would be negative as the people of this generation have been brought up with all the latest gadgets and its just become part of our everyday lifestyle so projecting people who are actually terrified of them would be hard to believe.

Web Blog Review: Oh My Di Days! Are these people being for real? How can you actually be afraid of your mobile phone like that 19 year old girl Baljeet, her phone rang al the girl starts screams hysterically, to be honest why even get the phone in the first place if you’re scared of it? Wow. Do people really act like that towards technology? It’s as if she’s been living under a rock and just came out. I’m still not fully convinced if this programme is real.