TV News research
1) The key information about the programme:
BBC News is broadcasted everyday at 6am,1pm,6pm and 10pm. Each broadcast lasts for 30 minutes except for the show at 6am which last for 3 hours and 15 minutes and is called BBC Breakfast. Sophie Raworth present BBC News at One and at Six for Monday to Thursday. Huw Edward presents BBC News at Ten from Monday to Thursday every week. Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Six and at Ten on Fridays. BBC News won the International Emmy for News in 2002 and 2007. BBC News at One averages around 4.6m viewers, whereas BBC News at Six has around 4m viewers per show. BBC News at Ten is the most viewed News show in the UK with an average of 4.9m views every show. The video clip below shows the breaking news of Lady Diana's car crash in 1997 on BBC News.
2) The institution behind the programme:
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is an international public service broadcaster based in the United Kingdom. The BBC is owned and paid for by the public through taxes. The BBC is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation. It also has 23,000 employees, making it the largest broadcaster by number of employees. Below is an advertisement of the TV show: Eastenders
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is an international public service broadcaster based in the United Kingdom. The BBC is owned and paid for by the public through taxes. The BBC is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation. It also has 23,000 employees, making it the largest broadcaster by number of employees. Below is an advertisement of the TV show: Eastenders
3) The target audience:
I think the target audience for this News channel are people between the ages of 15-45. I think middle class people would watch this and the ratio between men and woman would be 60% men and 40% woman.
4) The running order for three separate editions of the programme:
I think the target audience for this News channel are people between the ages of 15-45. I think middle class people would watch this and the ratio between men and woman would be 60% men and 40% woman.
4) The running order for three separate editions of the programme:
BBC News at Ten:
1.Scottish Conservatives and Lib Democrats insist a No Vote will still make a change.
2. Former Chief Constable of Yorkshire Police tells MPs he had no idea of the scale and scope of child abuse in Rotherham.
3. Michael Schumacher leaves hospital after nearly 10 months of his skiing accident.
BBC News at Six:
1.Cameron, Clegg and Miliband put everything on hold to try and keep Scotland in the Union
2. Malaysia Airlines strongly suggest that a missile attack was the cause of their plane crash landing.
3. The vicar accused of carrying out nearly 500 sham marriages.
BBC News at One:
1. American Secretary of State is in Iraq to introduce a military campaign.
2. Dementia patient in the UK are being forced to pay a care tax.
3. Prince Harry launches his Invictus games for injured servicemen and woman around the world.
Ali - WWW; you have at least attempted to rectify your MOTD disaster by watching the news and commenting on some of the stories.
ReplyDeleteEBI: You read the clear instructions on the blog - you had to go into far more detail about the broadcaster and their potential motivations for putting things in that order.
LR: Watch at least 20 minutes of a news programme on THREE separate days and write down the following:
• The news stories that appeared
• The order in which the stories were broadcast
• Why you think the editors of the news programme chose those stories and put them in that order.
Suggested shows you could choose: Channel 4 News, BBC 6pm News, ITV1 10pm News, Channel 5 News, Sky News etc.