Creative Zen Vision W

Creative Zen Vision W mp3 player http://www.creative.com/products/pmp/:

Creative Zen Vision W mp3 player: ‘Widescreen entertainment on the move’. This mp3 not only enables you to store between 30GB and 60GB but enables you to store videos. It can store up to 15,000 Songs or 240 Hours of Movies - Also Supports a portable camera and a built-in Compact Flash slot - Plays up to 13 Hours Audio Playback & 4.5 Hours Video Playback.

You can download songs and videos from the Internet and then put them onto the mp3 player due to the fact that it comes with USB Cable and the Software CD-ROM. As well as storing and playing songs and videos, it is possible to record songs off the radio for example. You can also record your own voice and therefore means hours of fun with your friends.

There is also a FM Radio feature, meaning you have the option of tuning into your favourite FM radio station on your mp3 player, instead of listening to albums/singles. The mp3 player also has the capacity of storing pictures; acting as your own digital photo album.

As well as all these features, the Vision W is lightweight and compact, making it easy to be portable and compact.

Will Smith Fan Site

Will Smith Fan Site http://www.willsmithzone.com/:

The site is dedicated to Will Smith and to bringing you the latest on Will Smith's music career and was set up by his fans. There are many different sections within the site:
· A gallery full of pictures of Will
· The latest news on his career and what’s going on in his life in terms of his family etc
· What the press have been focusing on in his career and any magazines or TV shows that he will feature in
· There is a section focusing on his latest move The Pursuit Of Happiness where you can access the trailer, as well as there being news on his up coming film I Am A Legend
· A look at the best singles he’s released

As well as these options on the homepage, there is the actual tool bar that navigates you around the whole site:

The ‘You’ section enables the audience to
· Download icons and wallpapers
· Join the The Jazzy Jeff & Will Smith Fan Community which is a forum where you can voice your thoughts and opinions
· Sign the site guest book and taking part in the poll of the month which is currently asking which actress Will Smith should star in a movie with.
· Buy CDs and DVDs from an online shop: http://www.willsmithzone.com/you_store.html

The site not only advertises Will Smith merchandise and news, but other fan based sites that are affiliates of this Will Smith site:
http://www.willsmithzone.com/web_affiliates.html

The fact that the DVDs and CDs that Will has been in or has produced mean that the Music and Movie industries both get promoted as people are encouraged to buy the CDs and DVDs.

Though there isn’t many that can be said in terms of key concepts, the site enables the Will Smith fans to interact with him on a whole new level that was available before. However to access most of the information you do have to sign up to become a member of the site.

Myspace

Myspace www.myspace.com:







Myspace is a social networking site where you can make your own individual profile and interact with your friends, favourite artists/bands, and comedians etc. As well as this you can get information on your favourite music genre/artist/album, join certain groups based on different issues or areas, submit your own photos, music and videos as well as submitting blogs on your profile. Your profile can be a private page which means only the people you add as your friends can contact you and see your page, or public which means anyone who has signed up to Myspace can see your profile. However you have to have added people in order for them to comment you. Up and coming artists (mainly rock artists) use Myspace to promote their songs and widen their fan base. They can then get enough fans to start doing gigs which enables them to make a profit and put some more money into promoting themselves. Here are a few examples:
· Skindred: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=3011504
· Even Nine: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=38841578
· Spin: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=48166118
However artists like Nickleback and Linkin Park who have been successful also use Myspace in order to inform their fans of any up coming gigs/concerts, and albums.

The wide range of music genres means that Myspace users that are into the more niche genres get to interact with their favourite bands on a whole new level that wasn’t available before.

The toolbar at the top of the page enable you to access the different sections within the site. For example like with the music artists, you can interact with other entertainers like comedians. Richard Blackwood has his own page: . Radio stations like Choice FM, also use Myspace as they are able to promote their own events.

Having your own profile enables you to comment/message your friends on their own profiles, as if it were like msn you can online conversations with each other. You can also have your own pictures that your friends can comment on.

The site acts as a friends’ reunited site as you can find friends that went to the same school as you for example.

Playstation 3

The Playstation 3 http://uk.playstation.com/:

It’s a new Sony Playstation games console that is generally aimed at younger generations and teens. However ate the price of nearly £400, it would seem that it is really aimed at those in the upper middle classes who would be able to afford it.

New features it has:
♦ The 60GB 2.5-inch hard disc drive
♦ An online gaming service comparable to Xbox Live. It will be called PlayStation Network Platform
♦ PS3 games will only be available on Blu-ray discs to stop piracy
♦ The PS3 will play DVDs and CDs as well as PS2 and PS1 games

The site enables you to get information about games that are specially tailored for the high quality of the PS3 as well as giving you news about the new console.

Angie Le Mar

Angie Le Mar Show on Choice FM http://www.choicefm.com/sectional.asp?id=3329:

‘Get in tune with your feminine side… join Angie every Saturday…and don’t forget: do your shopping on a Friday’
The show starts at 9am and finishes at midday on a Saturday morning. The show is aimed at those who are opinionated on life issues such as gun crime and representations of ethnic minorities in schools and communities. Between discussions however, there are inspirational songs that are played.

The page gives you the option of:

• Listening to recent interviews for example the one with David Cameron http://www.choicefm.com/Article.asp?id=357582
• Have your say on certain subject via email
• Listening to past interviews
• Catching up with celeb gossip
• You can also learn more about Angie’s career and how diverse she is in terms of work

From Angie’s biography, you get to feel more involved with the show and her as a presenter as well as feeling as if you know Angie. You can also see her photo gallery from this page as well as being able to email her about anything.

Choice FM

Choice FM http://www.choicefm.com/default.asp:

Choice FM is a radio station that is ‘number one for Hip Hop and R ‘n’ B’. They started off as an underground station, until 1990 when it started to be broadcasted legally. A few years ago Capital FM bought them.

The site is targeted at teenagers and young adult but there are different shows that are catered for people with different tastes in urban music:

• Masterstepz: British cuts and garage à teenagers
• Natty B: purely reggae
• Martin Jay: ‘The Prince Of Soca’ and does the Caribbean Affair on Sunday nights
• Angie Le Mar Show: is like a radio talk show as well as incorporating some music into the show

The homepage is very informal and has many different blurbs and flash animations to advertise events, competitions and shows: There an access all areas section within the site called ‘AX-S’ where you can sign up to receive behind the scenes information on Choice FM and experience Super-hi stream audio along with message boards and competitions.

Choice gives the audience a chance to give them their own feedback about the Station and they can therefore monitor their audience’ response to their station and know how to improve/develop it.

Key Concepts:

• Interactivity - a selection of different activities, such as viewing pictures, talking to people and watching the studio ‘wapcam’
• Convergence – ‘wapcam’ converges both the Internet and mobile phones and therefore give the audience new ways to interact with the station

In addition to the Choice FM website promoting its own company, it also promotes other companies. Every time you go on the site, the advertisement changes – Digital radios, comic relief and the Job Centre.

Eastenders

Eastenders: http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/

The Eastenders is a programme produced and broadcasted by the BBC. It enables fans of the programme to interact with the show by:

• Playing games
• Voting on issues related to the show
• Watching episodes online that they’ve missed.
• You can even watch the Square via webcam

Because the show targets families, the site is also targeted at families. The page is very colourful and informal. There are different sections to the Eastenders site:

• Helplines for serious issues covered in the episodes like bullying. This gives parents the advice on how to spot if their child’s being bullied. It also gives the Childline information so children can get in touch and voice their problems
• News on the characters and the show
• Competitions
• Fun and Games mainly for children, though there are quizzes about storylines that happened years ago which would obviously appeal to the older audiences
• Have your say

The Fun and Games page:

It’s very interactive as you get to:

• Make up your own storyline that lasts up to 10 scenes
• Give one of the characters, like Dawn, a makeover
• Do a wide range of quizzes related to the show and its characters
• Get the weekly quiz to your phone
• Create E-cards for your friends and family

The only industry that is illustrated within this site is the television industry, and everything is done by the BBC itself:

• Production: BBC
• Broadcasting: BBC 1 and 3
• Transmission: BBC

Key concepts:

• Interactivity – the fact that you can get quizzes sent to your phone, you can watch episodes online mean you’re consuming in a different way than you would have done a few years ago
• Immediacy – quick and easy to download wallpapers and get podcasts of the episodes you’ve missed
• Convenience – It means that you don’t have to watch the TV at the time that the show is scheduled. You can watch them online.

BBC Music

Music Page For The BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/:
The set up for this page is the same sort of layout as the actual BBC Homepage:
• Events
• Pick of the Week
• News
• Artists and Albums
• Learn and Play
• Have Your Say
• Chance to listen to podcasts etc
• Pages for different genres

The site is replacing traditional ways of how we consume music and music information. Before we would only have the choice to listen to the radio to find out about our favourite genres, artists etc. To listen to music we would have to either listen to the radio or buy CDs. Now you can listen online, and voice your opinions on certain music related issues.


The BBC Music page caters for all types of people: from those who listen to classical music - http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/classical/, who are classed as more sophisticated, upper middle class, to those who listen to urban music - http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/urban/ - teens and the younger generations. The urban page uses more colloquial language i.e. ‘Young Buck Cool With Dipset???’.

There are many institutions that are involved within the music section of the BBC website:
¨ Radio: podcasts from BBC radio shows from BBC 1Xtra to different music radio shows dedicated to different genres
¨ Music: they have information on the album and artist of the week voted by BBC website users…
¨ Advertising: …this promotes the artists and their record companies. They also predict which albums/artists you would be interested in depending on who you’ve showed interest in already.
The music industry can then get feedback from the BBC as they give you the chance to ‘have your say’ on the albums and artists they show on their site.

The album of this week is: Brett Anderson

Technologues Used:

• mainly the internet
• podcasts
• lots of audio sections where you can listen to the pick of the week

Examples of key concepts:

• Proliferation – More music choice and reaching to the nice audiences for example folk/country and experimental music fans


• Immediacy – quick and easy to download singles from the album of the week and get podcasts of the radio shows


• Convenience – It means that you don’t have to listen to the radio at the time that the show you want to listen to when it’s scheduled. You can listen to the podcasts online.

The BBC

BBC broadcaster website: www.bbc.co.uk

The BBC website complements the T.V and Radio channels that are broadcasted by the BBC. Within the site there also a number of different information pages that aren’t linked to their channels and programmes including:

• News and weather: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
• Lifestyle: http://www.bbc.co.uk/lifestyle/
• Money and Business: http://www.bbc.co.uk/business/
• Health: http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/
• History: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
• Learning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
  and many more.

The technologies used:

• Webcams for the radio pages so you can see inside the studio

Each page has a different target audience, meaning the BBC website as a whole has a very vast audience in itself. Also within the different pages, there are different levels of interaction in order to get the audiences involved with the BBC. Here are a few examples:

• The Money and Business Page:
  It has a very formal looking layout, and is targeted at business people, and mainly focuses on the economy and the stock market of the country at the moment: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/ticker/markets/default.stm
  Any money or economy issues that come up on the news are also incorporated into the page; there are video and audio news, as well as actual business programmes that can be watched online. There is a section within Money and Business that concentrates on how the government are using taxpayers’ money and the rising prices of houses, called ‘Your Money’. This heading involves the audience as well, as you feel more involved: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/your_money/default.stm
  
• The Children Page:
  The layout is a lot more fun and colourful, which would help engage the children. There are also moving animations. The children are encouraged to learn about animals, weather, seasons, science and news such as slavery, with the Freedom Fact Files link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldclass/freedom_fact_files.shtml
  As well as being educational for children, they offer pages for parents on parenting and helping their children how to do better at school:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/children/parents/
  Children can also listen to audio books online, and the BBC have a range of books online that are on the page for a week. They also have radio that are based around shows like Barney:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/kids/
  

Within some these different pages, there are games to help involve the audience, and on Bitesize for example, make their experience on the site more enjoyable:
♦ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/games/
♦ http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/quizzes/
♦ http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/quizzes/
♦ http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/coolstuff/fun_games/quiz/fun_games_quiz.shtml
♦ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/games/
♦ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/quizzes/
♦ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/default.stm

BBC on your mobile: what do you get?
You can get information sent directly to your phone, for example news, weather and sport. Even kids can get Newsround updates to their mobiles:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/web/what2get.shtml#wtgNews
All of this can be done in three easy steps: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/web/how2get.shtml?cbbc

The BBC fundamentally uses the site and as far as I can tell no other institutions do, however phone companies may benefit from the amount of money people use by getting information straight to their phones. Any advertisements that are on the site are all by the BBC and promoting their TV programmes, mainly because they are funded by the public and therefore don’t need other institutions/companies to pay them for ads.

for Mrs Blckborow

hiya
i was just wondering if when we are analysing a website, do we have to include what technologies are used, because the only ones i could find are webcams.
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