This 3 sentence summary provides the key details about the documentary proposal: The documentary will examine the positive and negative impacts of social networking sites on society through interviews with both users and non-users of sites like Facebook and Twitter. It will air on BBC3 in the early evening to target 15-25 year olds and include promotions on the BBC website, BBC3, Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra to reach a broad audience. Research and interviews will explore the popularity and failures of certain sites as well as questions about how using or not using social media affects people and society.

1. A2 Media CourseworkDOCUMENTARYSocial Networking: Good or Bad?Rachel Noon

2. Narrative- Informative documentary looking at social networking sites and how they impact on society – positively or negatively?- Interviewing users and non-users of social networking sites – how does using/non-using these sites effect them? How does it effect society as a whole?

3. Audience- Primary audience: 15- 25 year olds, both male and female. Who use social networking sites regularly - Secondary audience: Parents of teenagers, people who aren’t familiar with social networking sites…- Mainstream audience: social networking is becoming more and more popular so the topic of documentary is suited for a broad audience.

4. Distribution/Scheduling- Broadcast on BBC3, channel aimed at the target audience of my documentary. - Trailers of documentary on the BBC website, reaching a wider audience- Broadcast weekday evenings, when target audience are home from school/college/uni, around 7pm- Adverts shown on BBC3 all week and radio trailers on Radio 1 and Radio1Xtra, these radio stations target audience suit my documentary as they are likely to use social networking sites themselves.

5. Plan of ActionResearchPopularity of social networking sites, Facebook, Twitter mainlyWhy have certain social networking sites ‘failed’ e.g. MySpaceInterviewing questions for members of the public, asking variety of ages