Moral panics, counter cultures, permanent present and hegemony

Moral panic

Moral panics often arise around events that are in fact relatively trivial in terms of the nature of the act and the number of people involved. They often emerge around publics issues, that are taken as symptomatic of general social disorder. 

They are often perpetuated by the media - as they are basically the cultural police and they are saying what's okay and what's not okay. 

Recent examples of moral panics are the mens magazines being on show in supermarkets and Miley Cyrus performing at the VMAs. 

Counter cultures

Counter cultures are sub cultures whose values and norms of behaviour deviate from those of mainstream society. A counter culture is a group of people who behave in a certain way that society disapprove of. For example in the in the 60's there were hippies and everyone who identified with them, emulated them.

Permanent present

The permanent present is a state that focuses on current events/things that are happening right now.

We can keep on top of this at almost any tint on the day with Twitter, Facebook, news channels, radio, news websites.

We may not be aware but we are reading/watching news all day long, from the minute we get up in the morning, till we go to bed at night, we never stop hearing news.

We wake up and watch Daybreak or Breakfast then in the afternoon there's This Morning and Loose Women, then when we get home there's the 6o'clock news, and then the 10o'clock news, and in between we're on Twitter, on the internet, and maybe listening to the radio in the car,  which is where most radio is listened to. 

Hegemony
Hegemony is where some assumes power over something. For example Simon Cowell has power over the X-Factor. Simon Cowell will most likely tell people what to wear, what to sing and what to do in order to sell records, and we will end up buying into this probably without even realising it.

Radio broadcast analysis

In this blog post, I am looking at radio shows that I am going to be doing my factual in the style of. I'm mainly looking at Desert Island Discs as this is the sort of interview that I want to produce. But I want it to be in the less formal style of a Desert Island Disc.

Desert Island Disc - Hugh Laurie

This interview starts off with an introduction to the person, but it doesn't mention their name. Its almost like you have to try and guess who the person is that the presenter is describing. The interviewer uses quotes that have been said by the person, in their description.

Ryan Seacrest, Ian Somerhalder interview

It starts with the presenter, Ryan Seacrest introducing himself - "Ryan Seacrest here," and then he goes on to say something about what has happened before they came on air with the interviewee, Ian Somerhalder, about how all the ladies in the studio are going mad over him.

Factual and Research - Garage Band - editing of podcast

This is the editing process of my podcast. 
I'm still in the process of editing, I still need to edit down my introduction song, so its just the right length, but its just finding the right place to end it, so it doesn't sound as if it been cut off mid song. When the introduction has finished it will fade out and go into a welcome introduction like "hello and welcome to..."

3.3 - Presentation of results

Final Product

This is my finished podcast. The making of this podcast has been relatively easy as I was in the middle of filming the pantomime at the time that we had this assigned to us. But when it came to doing rehearsals there was never any guaranteed quiet space to record an interview, and people were always interrupting and this meant that I had to start the interview over again, I managed to get a good response off one of the the people I was talking too and then we were interrupted and I couldn't use it in the final cut, but the person I was talking to tried their hardest to recreate what they had said previously.

What I like: The thing I like most about my podcast is the interviews that I did, I think that they really show what goes on behind the scenes of a pantomime and how much work actually goes on behind the scenes. I also like that you can hear the cast singing in the background, I think it sets the scene for the podcast, but in some parts you can hear the cast loudly in the background. 

What I don't like and what can be improved: At the end of the podcast one of the interviews goes a bit silent, and I think the editing could have been a bit better here. Also the bit where you can hear the cast over the top of the interview, I think we could recorded the interview in a more quiet place rather than at the side of the stage waiting to go on.