Monday 10 October 2022

Audience and industry

Demographics:The audience classified through fixed characteristics such as:age,gender,race/ethnicity,where you live,job.
Psychotropics: the audience classified through beliefs,values,hobbies and interests such as struggles,reformers ,Aspires and mainstream 
  • Mainstream family audience-broad appeal as millions of people watch the BBC
  • Long-running which shows it appeals to mainstream audience(age 10-40+)
  • An unearthly child given PG certificate-parental guidance
  • Gender:split down (although traditional science fiction fan were male,this has changed over time.From 1970-2010
  • The female sci-fi audience grew by 22%

       1)Teenager are in the show so maybe teenagers might watch it and maybe old people because  the doctor who maybe do other things and he is old .
       2) Maybe the teenager because there are teens in the show for the first bit of the show.(to keep watching the show)
       3)It might be entertainment because the doctor was bring funny and not really care about what is happening and if you are into sci-fi it will be entertaining for you  
       4)You can learn about other words in the show  and other cultures .

     

1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963?
the tragic audience were male .
2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - 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:
Teenager are in the show so maybe teenagers might watch it and maybe old people because  the doctor who maybe do other things and he is old .

Personal Relationships:
 Maybe the teenager because there are teens in the show for the first bit of the show.(to keep watching the show)
Diversion (Escapism):It might be entertainment because the doctor was bring funny and not really care about what is happening and if you are into sci-fi it will be entertaining for you  


Surveillance (Information / Facts):You can learn about other words in the show  and other cultures .


3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience?
People of colour  might not watch the show,teenagers as the first episodes was black ans white and they will probable not make sense. 
4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child?
VICARIOUS PLEASURE: Experiencing something through the characters

5) What kind of online fan culture does Doctor Who have? Give examples.
British because all the actors were white and probable there fans were white.















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