Media Diary 5

Media Diary 5

 

This week I watched a programme called the apprentice. This programme is mainstream because it targets people who just like to watch people argue and like to watch people make fools of themselves. The mainstream tends to like the reality programmes and this is one. The point of the show is to find Alan Sugar a business partner but they have to do a series of activities to win. If they fail they get fired, simple. What makes this programme interesting though is the comedy involved in it and you can watch people fail at what they are supposed to know about.

This programme used to be targeted at the aspirer because of the business involved in it but over time as more people watched the programme decided to make it more about the activities and humour which made it change to the mainstream audience.

Another media text I consumed was Doctor Who. This is also aimed at the mainstream because it is a sci-fi programme. Sci-fi programmes tend to be aimed at the mainstream. The programme has been going for 52 years and has always been part of the mainstream. It targets people that are aged 12+. This is because of the so called scariness that the show has which has gone down but can still be there. This targets this age because it was originally a children’s T.V show and now that they have grown up they still like it and pass it on to their children. It was for children but the adults seemed to like it to and then the show was targeted at both the children and the adults and it hasn’t changed since but still works. Even when it was brought back in 2005 it hasn’t changed and is still a family show.