Tasks

1. Ensure you have read chapter 3 in the textbook and thoroughly understand the key terms and methods for researching in the media industry.
2. Carry out some primary research tasks for example: questionnaires, surveys and focus groups. Record your results and analyse them.
3. Carry out some secondary research tasks for example: research the topic for your documentary, view some other documentaries, visit relevant websites like BARB to gather audience figures, look at the Broadcast Now magazine to find out about audience figures for BBC3; find out about the mission values for BBC: record all research.
4. Produce a PowerPoint explaining what research is, what methods are used and what evidence you have gathered for each type of research. Ensure you write speaker notes and don't put everything just on to the slide.
5. Present it to the class.