Case Study - Public Media

Public Media:Case Study

The purpose of the content consumption analysis is for you to increase your familiarity with the various kinds of content produced and distributed by public media.
 

You will need to pick a specific program (listed below) and listen or watch the episodes listed, and then write a paper that answers the following questions:

1 - What is the name of the content?

2 - Provide some background history on it, and explain what the purpose of the content is?

3 - What is the episode about?

4- Who produces the show?

5 - How is it distributed to audiences?

6 - Who do you think the target audience is?

7 - Explain the ways in which you think it offers (or not) something different from the commercial media market.

8 - Explain how you think it enhances the mission of public media.

The paper should be between 3-6 pages, double spaced. Please include any sources you cite as either footnotes or as references at the end of the paper. If you include references at the end, these should not count in the total page count for your answers.

 

Suggested content for review - pick one for your paper.

1 - Listen to one hour of Radio Vocalo (Links to an external site.)

2 - Listen to these two World Cafe interviews:

Don Bryant on the Art of Songwriting (Links to an external site.)

The Chicks Are Still Speaking Out (Links to an external site.)

3 -From On The Media: Listen to Making Sense of 'Cancel Culture'  (Links to an external site.)

4 - Listen to this episode of Ear Hustle: Nobody Comes Back (Links to an external site.)

5 - Watch: Love, Life & The Virus (Links to an external site.) from Frontline

6 - Watch: The Planets: Saturn from Nova (Links to an external site.)

7 - Listen to Song Exploder: Black Pumas episode (Links to an external site.)

8 - Watch: Antiques Roadshow: Cleveland, Hour One (Links to an external site.)

9 - Listen to this episode of The Ted Radio Hour: The Greater Good (Links to an external site.)

10 - Read these two articles from Code Switch:

"Hispanic, Latino, or LatinX....Survey Says" (Links to an external site.)

How DACA has changed the lives of Dreamers (Links to an external site.)

11- Listen to "Criminal Justice System & Police" (Links to an external site.) from Radio Milwaukee