Friday, 23 February 2007

Community (Learning Journal wk4)

Briefly analyse a site that you have come across recently.

Although i've sometimes listened to BBC radio1 as most people have, i have to admit that as weird as this may sound, i have become addicted over the past months to the redio1 site. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1. I think it began while doing research for an essay i had to write. the site gives you information about radio1. The home page lists the week's official chart, gives snippets of the day's news, and hollywood gossip. It also gives links to all that the site has to offer, for example, the dj shows, the schedule, events podcasts, webcam, listen live etc. The site also explores and presents various music cultures such as rock, dance, indie, hip hop, rnb and so on.
The site enbles users to comment on news reports, ranging from politics to Britney's shaved head. More importantly, it offers a listen again/podcast service which allows listeners listen to interviews done with music/film stars and celebrities. The site also allow users post and view pictures online. It also offers pages on the station's dj. Also, the site enables users interact with the dj's i.e. win music cd's, take part in live quiz etc during live shows via email. Furthermore, the site provides hypertext via links to band websites and other music events eg glastonbury.

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