Representation (News Presenters)

In this post I am going to compare and contrast representations by listening to news bulletins from a range of different stations, taking note of voices used, language and banter etc.

The first station I listened to was BBC radio 5 live at 9am with the show presenter was a middle aged woman, Rachel Burden, she spoke in a relax, calm and in some sense a serious voice at a normal speed.She uses formal language when interacting with other presenter and with people calling in, when introducing the guests she says  'Hello' and 'Thank You' which again shows very formal and it tells us the audience is more for older people.

The second station I listened to is Kiss FM with the show presenter was a young female, Neev Spencer, she spoke in a more informal language where talking to her audience she starts off saying 'Morning guys' which shows us that her audience are more for younger people.