Very helpful Jo - ill take a look!
Thanks so much :)
S
On 2013-11-13 18:10, Jo Brodie wrote:
> Hello all
>
> I think the BARB (Broadcasters' Audience Research Board) viewing
> figures might be of use?
> Have a look at http://www.barb.co.uk/ [6]
>
> For example in week ending 3 November 2013 on channel 'Dave ja vu'
> (formerly Dave+1) both Mock the Week and QI XL make the channel's Top
> 10 with MtW having 82,000 viewers and QIXL having 51,000
> http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing/weekly-top-10?_s=5 [7]
>
> The equivalent for radio is RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research)
> http://www.rajar.co.uk/ [8] but I think it is subscription-only
> access.
>
> Whenever looking for statistics, on any topic, I have always found
> telephoning or emailing someone that works there to be immeasurably
> more useful than wrestling with any data on their websites :-)
>
> Jo (moderator)
>
> On 13 November 2013 17:53, Katrina Jackson
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sam,
>>
>> I don't have good overall statistics on the number of viewers of
>> science and comedy shows - perhaps check with the Nielsen ratings
>> and/or whatever the UK equivalent would be - but I did do a survey
>> asking people about what science shows they watch for my thesis
>> project. The survey participants were mostly students and faculty
>> in North Dakota, USA, and mostly scientists, so I don't know how
>> helpful this would be for you. The Big Bang Theory was the only
>> comedy listed in my survey, (well, MythBusters also has some
>> elements of comedy,) and it was among the top three most popular
>> science shows for both the scientist and non-scientist survey
>> participants. (Of course, the fact that it's a prime-time network
>> show could also explain its popularity.)
>>
>>
> http://katrina-jackson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Thesis-Final-Jackson.pdf
>> [3] See pages 66-68. (The methodology is explained pages 40-48.)
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Katrina
>>
>> Katrina Jackson
>> Katrina-Jackson.com [4]
>>
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>> LinkedIn Profile [5]
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Sam Gregson <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all-
>>>
>>> I do a lot of science stand up comedy and need to write a
>>> report/speech justifying why it is an important and desirable
>>> method of disseminating scientific information.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a good source of statistics RE the
>>> popularity/viewing figures of comedy (e.g. Mock the Week), science
>>> (e.g. Horizon) and science comedy (e.g. QI, Dara's sci club etc)
>>> TV/radio shows. Any stats showing the popularity of science comedy
>>> shows relative to straight science shows would be even better! Any
>>> stats showing an increase in science comedy viewers or the
>>> proliferation of science comedy shows would also be great.
>>>
>>> I thought someone on this list might have looked into this before
>>> and have some insights. I bow to your greater wisdom before I
>>> start ham-fistedly Googling ;)
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Sam :)
>>>
>>>
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