News and reality, a paradox? There are so many different news programs these days, with news from all over the world just jumping in our living rooms. In the Netherlands you have the for instance: Het NOS Journal, RTL Nieuws, Hart van Nederland, Het Jeugdjournal, Netwerk and many more. When you watched the news during the Iraq war you could see it was a media circus. However not every channel or program brings the same information. There are differences in focus, in language, in presentation, but how does this work? Is there an effect on interpretation?.
In this paper I will set up a proposal of how to research construction of reality in TV News and how this is decoded. In my opinion it's interesting to look both ways, as well the production of the news as also the receiving and interpretation of the news. .
First I will note something about how news items are selected. What are the criteria and how is it presented. Then I will take a closer look on reception and interpretation.
Finally I will present a framework of how this research should take place. I did not conduct this research because it was not necessary for the assignment. I doubted, because I wanted to do the first part of my research, but the news is not really newsworthy in the summer. It's much more relevant to conduct a research when a war is started, a disaster has happened, in election time or when there is a Royal event happening.
What's news?.
As Fiske points out, 'the basic definition of news as factual information that its viewers need in order to be able to participate in their society gives us only half the story' . Of course every news bulletin is produced by a company. Some companies are commercially focused others are public owned by the state. Nevertheless both sides need to find an audience for their programs, so it's interesting for advertisers. All these companies also are a part of society. In this society there are moral codes and these codes having an effect on what is shown and what's not.
TV news does not reflect reality, it constructs reality. TV news constructs reality in many ways. ... Such camera angles are a strong persuasive devices in structuring reality, and the TV news uses it to its potential. ... TV news not only constructs reality, it presents words and images to reinforce that view of reality. The TV news journalist has an important role in the construction of reality. ...
Reality TV While flipping through channels recently, I couldn't help but notice the ever growing number of so called reality TV shows. ... I watched the news and found out. ... So then it must be some big deal or else why put it on the news. ... It beat out Sixty Minutes, Dateline, 20/20 and other news shows. ... Next thing you know, the TV execs will air all the out takes from all these reality shows and then the writers won't have to think of plots at all. ...
Study shows that illusions are affecting young childern's decisions on reality, but this cannot describe the big picture. ... Second of all, news from television is usually more updated. In the 911 tragedy, I could hear the news from TV a few minutes after the incident but I didn't see any newspaper narrate this event until the next day. ... Teenagers who treat TV as a source of entertainment lose themselves in TV world. We cannot account this as a problem caused by TV; it is just due to those teenagers use TV in a wrong way. ...
Have you watched the daily news? ... Goodman states, "Instead of learning from the media what is actually going on in the world, we get static – a veil of distortion, lies, omissions, and half-truths that obscure reality.... Stark's article, "Local News: The Biggest Scandal on TV," he wrote there the study published by the Columbia Journalism Review about the news stations ignoring false information given out by the local news. ... Stark in his article entitled, "Local News: The Biggest Scandal on TV," he mentioned a study about local newscasts broadcasting ...
His muse is the TV channel CNN. Many of his verses are picked off the news delivered by the speakers. ... Surely TV has also advantages. News can get faster around the world and people everywhere on earth know them within minutes. ... Reality shows can't replace our own life! ...
Before digital TV, there was analogue television. ... TV reception can become a standard in computers with TV reception, but you will not use your TV set for a "word processor". ... What were Sky News's intentions? ... There are channels dedicated to children, free from graphic images and harsh realities. ... The recent phenomenon or "reality" television has been an influx of digital technology. ...
A number of factors related to news and current affairs influence the meaning, or "version of reality" that we take away. ... Journalists, presenters, TV station managers, and many others are also involved in the construction of the story. ... To analyse these features, this essay will refer in detail to the news broadcasts on ABC and GWN (Seven News) on Monday 19th May, and Wednesday 14th May. ... On GWN, the story was positioned 8th, compared to 5th on ABC news. ... Thus TV stations aim to improve ratings by adjusting the version of reality that they present. ...
The Reality of Reality Television Big brother, The Hot house, Newlyweds, The Simple like, Survivor, Australian Idol and The Resort, these are just some of the countless reality television shows that bombard our lives. ... These shows ratings, are defeating our respected and educational news shows like 60 Minutes, quality dramas like Secret Life of Us, and popular comedies like Friends. We call these shows reality TV, but there is nothing REAL about them. ... There are at least a dozen different reality TV shows, destroying diversity. ... The bottom line is that we watch them to get away fr...