Box of Broadcasts - trial
During November (until 6th December 2017) the College (through the LRC) is trialing a subscription to Box of Broadcasts (in College only). Those of you who are students or staff at ARU will possibly already be aware of this resource as they provide access to this.
BOB allows you to search for broadcast television programmes dating back to the 1990s and then view them (legally). This includes some foreign language channels.
- You can request future programmes (up to 10 a day) and watch currently available broadcasts.
- You can create your own playlists.
- You can create your own clips (see our Dave Gorman clip about the pitfalls of using Wikipedia as a resource on our Moodle 24/7 page.)
- You can view programme transcripts and subtitles
- You can embed programmes and clips in to a PowerPoint presentation or website (for as long as the College subscribes to this resource).
BOB also includes the BBC Shakespeare Archive content dating back to the 1950s.
To use the trial, please go to the link on the LRC 24/7 page on Moodle. Please follow the instructions there for logging in and setting up an account.
Search for a programme and filter by whether it is available now or TV only, for example.
At the bottom of the screen, you will find a link to Help which takes you to short videos to help you learn how to use BOB.
We will be checking usage at the end of the trial to see if it is worth us paying the money to subscribe to this. Please let us know how you find it and any comments - either as a student or lecturer.
We will be checking usage at the end of the trial to see if it is worth us paying the money to subscribe to this. Please let us know how you find it and any comments - either as a student or lecturer.
TV Programmes as academic resources
They are great primary source material for media and journalism students - for techniques and examples of how different issues are shown in the media at different times or how society views them. These can be analysed and evaluated.
If you are interested in scripts and language (as part of performing arts, perhaps), you can study the language used in soaps, dramas, news bulletins etc. by reading the transcripts and seeing how they are delivered.
TV documentaries often give a good short introduction to a subject especially where the subject is too new to be in a book or journal article (e.g. Panorama did a one hour programme on the Paradise Papers).
If you are a visual learner, TV programmes may help you learn alongside books and other print resources - but check currency as facts may have changed since the programme was broadcast.
These programmes may show fashion and hairstyles at a particular time and can be used for inspiration for hair and beauty students. (Strictly It Takes Two currently broadcast slots each week from the make up and hair teams who work on the show).
TV programmes can be used as inspiration for media students to create something similar themselves as part of their course.
Cookery programmes may be a source useful to trainee chefs for recipes and presentation ideas.
And the list goes on......
Finally...
Remember - if you use a television programme as a source for your assignment, you should reference it - just as you would any other resource.
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