Monday, 7 September 2015

LO1: Analysis of BBC News



















A) Purpose: The purpose of BBC News is for information as it has the latest news of what is going on around the world.  Because of it being a more serious news page the target audience would be towards older more educated males and females aged from 25 – 75.

B) Visitor needs: The visitor needs of BBC News is that anyone can access the site and see the global news or weather. This is achieved by you being able to filter through all the current and previous global news wit heady to follow navigation buttons and thumbnails.

C) Information Flow/User Experience: The user is presented with the latest and most important news in the center of the home page but they can also filter to other latest or past news with the search bar in the header.

D) Features: At the top of the page just under the header the BBC site has buttons which click into different sub-categories of news that you can chose to go into. You can also sign upto an account in this area so that after you have viewed some news when you come back to the site it has suggested news which is based on what you have previously looked at. In the header is has options which allow you to view their radio, weather, tv, etc. One good feature which the site also has is view local news which goes on the location which you are at and finds the best news in your area. As well as the sub-categories there is also an additional search bar so you can find exact news which you are looking to watch. In the footer there are options to view BBC news on your smart phone and tv.

E) Benefits: The benefits that the producers of BBC News would receive is that they can expand their news facility to a wider audience as anyone can log into the website at any time. It also allows previous news to be viewed which would be very suitable to do if they only had BBC News on TV. The benefits a user will receive from the website is that they ca view any news that has been posted by BBC News at any time a well a keep up to date with any news that has recently been broadcasted.

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