Monday, 18 April 2016

LO1: Analysis of bbc.co.uk


b) Visitor Needs: The visitor needs from the BBC website includes accessing the latest news stories from around the Uk and the world, the latest sports news, the local/national weather updates, iPlayer programmes to watch on demand, radio programmes to listen to such as BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, 4 shows and sports commentaries like football and cricket.


c) Information Flow/User Experience: On the BBC website, the information is laid out across the navigation bar at the top of the web page. On the home page is a flurry of news stories from the UK, Europe and around the world, relating to sports, general news or radio. There is then links to other parts of the BBC such as the channels for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.


d) Features: The BBC's website www.bbc.co.uk has plenty of features. The pages are easy to view and scroll down, the pictures give the readers clues to what information is in the articles. The headings bar gives easy access to all features of the BBC like iPlayer, Weather and Sport.


e) Benefits: The benefits of the BBC's website is that users can keep up to date with the latest news from around the world, be continually updated on what's happening with flash boxes of breaking news stories appearing at the bottom of the page as soon as it's published to the website and there is a wide variety of sections for users to access.


f) Content: The content of the BBC website revolves around mixed content for a variety of users. The topics that the BBC website, (www.bbc.co.uk), has information on are 'News', 'Sport', 'Weather', 'iPlayer', 'TV' and 'Radio'. The website also has different areas designed for its TV channels for younger audiences like the Cbeebies and CBBC website. You can sign in with your 'BBC ID' to access premium features and games on these sites.

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