Tuesday, 8 November 2016

LO4 Understand the target audiance of media

1) What is audience research and how can it be conducted?
Audience research is gaining data about the audience for a product which also allows a product to be targeted/ media institutions to find a gap in the market , this can be conducted through things such a surveys. Organisations such as BARB, NRS, RAJAR carry out this.

NRS - They collect audience research for print and advertising trading in Britain. The NRS collect data through grouping audience through their age, gender, income and ethnicity.

BARB - Is responsible for delivering the united kingdoms television audience measurement systems.
Cover five questions when collecting data :
Who is watching?
What are they watching?
When are they watching?
Which screen are they watching on?
How did the content get to the screen?

RAJAR - RAJAR is the official body in charge of measuring radio audiences in the UK.

Primary Research - Survey, questionnaire, interview, textual analysis.
Secondary Research - Information that you gather eg. Internet search, books/journals, newspapers, documentaries.

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