Thursday, 14 May 2015

Index

Index


News Values

News Values



This news story would be at the top of the agenda because of its news values. Due to the fact that it has most of the news values, most people would find this interesting as it is a disaster caused by a terrorist and it is was is one of the biggest terrorist attacks yet and one of the two biggest towers in the world has been destroyed. This is also a popular story as most people have said that they would prefer and find it more interesting to watch a negative news story then a positive one. The viewers would like this news story as it is simple and straight to the point and it also covers live action from the scene. This story would interest people in England as many English people had died that day, but it wouldn't be in the news long as it didn't happen in England so people would eventually forget and move on to the next big thing happening. 9/11 Has happened along time ago now but is still unforgettable as it is not everyday you see two gigantic towers fall and kill thousands of people. If a terrorist attack happened like this in another country like Iraq it wouldn't be a popular as it is now because USA is a much bigger and popular country than Iraq.

TV News: Representation and Bias

Sky News: London Riot 2011

1) The police's perspective
2) The police are the innocent people or hero's in this news story
3) They are represented as the villains
4) Hand held videos taking from a phone ( citizen journalism) and reports from the crime scene all ruined.
5) Sky news uses a negative describing words to define young teenagers and kind words for the police officers which had been injured during the riot.
6) The citizen journalism put is used the most and is repeated and shown a lot of times.
7) The narrative has been used to engage the audience via the way it was introduced and the clips they have to show and the way they describe the scene and the people there.
8) The equilibrium is when the city was perfectly fine. The disequilibrium is when the rioters are burning cars and buildings and the city is ruined.
9) The heroes in this news story is the police and the villains are the rioters and the news reporters frame the police as innocent and the rioters as horrific.
10) Citizen Journalism was used to display the burning building along side the police man showing that the rioters are bad.

Running Order: Channel 4 News

Channel 4 News Schedule

Top Story: A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.

Second Story: Gunfire has been reported on the streets of Moscow although no there are no details as yet regarding who has opened fire or why

Third Story: An anti-austerity march against government cuts has been held in London today and was attended by 50,000 people. The protest was calm.

Fourth Story: David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.

Fifth Story: Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London.

Running Order: BBC Newsround

BBC News Newsround Schedule

Top Story: Lady Gaga is in London and has been spotted jogging in Hyde Park.

Second Story: Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.

Third Story: A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to ‘get a life’ has started a ‘Twitter storm’.

Fourth Story: David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.

Fifth Story: 20 people were killed in 15 different road accidents over the previous weekend.

Running Order: BBC3 60 Seconds

BBC3 60 Seconds Schedule

Top Story: A New series of BBC's drama Sherlock achieved record viewing figures last night

Second Story: A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to "get a life" has started a "Twitter Storm"

Third Story: David Cameron's office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.

Fourth Story: A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.

Fifth Story: Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.

Running Order: BBC News at Six

BBC News At Six Schedule

Top Story: Israel has shelled a residential area of Gaza killing around 25 civilians

Second Story: A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud

Third Story: A woman has been convicted of murdering her husband. He was a wealthy banker and she a stay-a-home mum.

Fourth Story: Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London.

Fifth Story: David Cameron's office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama

Tuesday, 5 May 2015

Case 4: BBC3 60 Seconds News

Case 4: BBC3 60 Seconds News
  1)    They have graphics, presenters and music but they are shown in an informal manner which wouldn't appeal to an older audience.
  2)    The presenters are wearing everyday clothes and are not wearing suits or formal clothing like other news shows. They are also young and aged in their late twenties.
  3)    No they do not use other presenters or reporters as they do not have time for interviews.
  4)    The studio is a room with a green screen and they use a tablet and phone to present the use and show the audience videos and pictures about it.
  5)    A clock counting down 60 seconds.
  6)    First they would introduce themselves and then they will introduce the news and the screen will cut to a tablet and a phone which will be show pictures and videos of the news stories the presenter is talking about.
  7)    18-30 age groups are the target audience for “60 Seconds News.” They would put this show on a predominantly entertainment-based channel as they want to keep the audience entertain and focused.
  8)    The audience can get involved via website bbc.co.uk/news and @BBCNews
  9)    BBC News reporter was prisoned for reporting false news, Andy Murry lost match, Doctors say comedian is recovering and is doing well, Children expected to learn 12 times table at 11, Celtic won against rangers. Each story Is shown for about 20 seconds each.
  Extension 



  1)    The news stories may appeal to the target audience as it contains international news and the audience might be for there. The sport news may also appeal to the audience as most younger people like sport and the target audience is younger people.
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Case Study 3: News Stories Covering Start Of General Election Campaign 2015

Case Study 3: News Stories Covering Start Of General Election Campaign 2015
Testing what you’ve learnt
1)    The angle of a news story is that their views that they have, for example, most newspapers will focus on Britain
2)    When you read a tabloid it is dumbed down but when you read broadsheet it contains much more information and is harder to read
3)    BBC 60 Second News
4)    BBC News At 6
5)    International News in news all around the world, National news is news in the whole of the country, Regional is news in cities e.g. London, Scotland and Local news is news in West London
Questions on the election: BBC
1)    National News
2)    They give opinions on all the parties
3)    Broadsheet
4)    18-80 British, Wales and Scottish citizens
Questions on the election: Sky
1)    National
2)    They gave points from other parties apart from Labour
3)    Tabloid
4)    18-80 British, Wales and Scottish citizens
Questions on the election: STV
1)    National
2)    They mainly only show Labour and SNP point of views
3)    Broadsheet
4)    18-80 Scottish Citizens
    Questions on the election: Channel 4 News
1)    National
2)    They show every political party arguments
3)    Broadsheet
4)    18-80 British, Wales and Scottish citizens




BBC News Case Study 2

BBC News Case Study 2
Basics
1)    British Broadcast Corporation
2)    Tax payers money
3)    To inform, Educate and Entertain
4)    Mixed genre to offer a wide range of high quality programmes. Reflect the UK and to have original programmes
5)    It shows a wide range of news stories that interest the audience
Presenters
1)    Huw Edwards and Fiona Bruce
2)    The presenters are wearing very formal clothing e.g. Suits
3)    A TV news programme would use a variety of presenters to show diversity and to show that they don’t only use white males and females as presenters
4)    Other reporters or presenters would be used in interviewing and reporting from other parts in the world. They also sometimes get the news reporter that reported from that specific area to come back into the studio and talk about it.
5)    Yes there is a female and a male presenter and they are both white British.
Opening Sequence
1)    The brand logo.
2)    They use graphics to show pictures of the news story; in this case “Tesco has lost 6.4 Billion pounds” This gets the audience interested as it is most likely their local supermarket.
3)    The music in the beginning is used for the intro (opening scene) as is also used to introduce the main story or stories
4)    They put the main story first then they say that other news stories they are going to talk about (the order they mention them is the order they are going to talk about them).

Studio Mise-En-Scene
1)    Just before they introduce the main story the camera pans out into the studio and you can see all the studio and working people. It also pans out into the main casting area where the presenter is getting ready to talk about the news.
2)    When they are introducing the stories (the beginning) they are standing. I think they did this to make the audience feel like they are being talked too. While the programme goes on the presenter sits down.
3)    You can see the presenter and the technology they use just before the programme starts. I think they did this because they want the audience to know how prepared they are and how professional they are.
4)    The colour of the studio is the same colour of the logo.
How News Stories Are Presented
1)    They briefly explain the news stories when they are introducing them and after they introduce them they go into detail and talk about it more
2)    The programme uses a lot of interviews and video clips to keep the audience entertained
3)    Political, Sport, News in London, International.
4)    They use a series of video clips and they interview victims to see their point of view
Running Order
1)    “Tesco loses 6.4 Billion Pounds”
2)    10-15 minutes
3)    Main Story, Sub stories and Sport Stories
4)    To show how serious and how much there is to say about it.
Audience
1)    25-80 Working Class
2)    Equal amount of men and women, working class
3)    They might watch this news show than any other as it is on during dinner time and is very popular.
4)    The audience can tweet at the broadcasters to discuss their points of view which than can be shown on TV.
5)    Diversion – Escapism or entertainment. Surveillance – Information useful for living (e.g. weather, traffic news).
Institution
1)    Bbc news at 10, BBC Breakfast, BBC Three 60 Seconds, Eastenders, Doctor Who
2)    OFCOM doesn’t make sure BBC News is fair and accurate as they have their own regulators (BBC Trust).
3)    This means that they made the news easier to understand e.g. Have animations that resemble the news story and numbers on the screen.
TV News and New/Digital Media
1)    Yes bbc.co.uk/news
2)    It allows them to see the latest new stories if they missed it.
3)    Yes @BBCNews
4)    It gives them a link to the website.

5)    Yes they can tweet at them to get involved with the news story