2. Media Formats for
Factual Products
Print Broadcast
Computer/Electronic
- magazines
- newspapers
- leaflets
- websites
- blogs
- social media:
•Twitter
•Facebook
•Instagram
- TV News
- reality TV
- documentaries
- sport
- current affairs
- wildlife
- cookery
- lifestyles
- radio news
- radio documentaries
3. Print - magazines
Codes and Conventions:
- newest gossips and
affairs
- advice and guides
- some of the magazines
offer free stuff, like CD’s
or samples
4. Print - newspapers
Codes and Conventions:
- local news
- exchange ratings
- current and important
affairs
5. Print – leaflets
Codes and Conventions:
- useful information
- advertising/promoting
- relatable images and
pictures
6. Computer/Electronic - websites
Codes and Conventions:
- useful information
- attractive layout
- option to leave your
comments/opinions
- you can have your own
account on some of the
websites
- you can interact with
other users
7. Computer/Electronic - blogs
Codes and Conventions:
- you can publish whatever
you want
- you can leave
comments/opinions
- you can follow other
people’s blogs
- you can design the blog
however you want
- some of the blogs can be
used for
promoting/advertising
8. Computer/Electronic – social media
Codes and Conventions:
- sharing pictures/videos
with your friends
- communicating and
interacting with other
people
- you can read about
current affairs
- finding new friends
- you can use them on
your mobile phone
9. Broadcast – TV News
Codes and Conventions:
-1 maybe 2 news readers
- formal language
- studio settings
- headlines/summaries
- weather (at the end)
- video clips/live
footage/outside broadcast
10. Broadcast – reality TV
Codes and Conventions:
- often have celebrities in them
- usually includes a group of
people
- hidden microphones and
cameras
- participants often given tasks
- audience voting
- usually only one setting
- 24/7 filming
11. Broadcast - documentaries
Codes and Conventions:
- real life problems
- people are not actors
- everything is happening
in real world
- often show other
people’s struggles or
issues
- they can be filmed
locally
12. Broadcast - sport
Codes and Conventions:
- programmes that show
all kind of sports
- live footage
- studio broadcast
- interviews with
sportsmen
- current sport affairs
13. Broadcast – current affairs
Codes and Conventions:
- often controversial
- not always true
- happening in real world
- live and 24/7 footage
14. Broadcast - wildlife
Codes and Conventions:
- show animal interaction
- show natural habitat that
animals live in
- factual
- footage from all around
the world
- working with wild
animals can be dangerous
for reporters
15. Broadcast - lifestyles
Codes and Conventions:
- not always true
- almost all the programs
are edited and directed
- people may be actors
- some of them include
celebrities
- made for entertainment
- some of the programmes
are competitions
- cookery programmes
16. Broadcast - radio
Codes and Conventions:
- news, interviews and music
- competitions
- audience can interact with
reporters by calling the
station or sending
messages/e-mails
- advertising and promoting
- tell you about local events