Index

1) TV News case study 1: Channel 4 News

2) TV News case study 2: BBC News at Six

3) TV News case study 3: coverage of the General Election across different news programmes

4) TV News case study 4: independent case studies (BBC3 60 Second News and Newsround)

5) News Values blog task

6) TV News audience - creating a running order

7)TV News Representation and bias- Sky news reports on 2011 Riots

Case Study 2: BBC News at 6

BBC News at 6 Case Study

Basics

 1.      British Broadcasting Corporation

 2.      The BBC is funded through a licence fee which makes British people pay for the funding of the BBC

 3.      To inform, educate and entertain.

 4.      BBC 1’s programme remit is to: be mixed genre, to offer a wide range of high quality programmes, reflect the UK and to have original programmes.

 5.      The BBC News at Six fits the remit as it shows a wide variety of news and shows what stories the audience wants to see.

Presenters

 1.      The presenters are Huw Edwards and Fiona Bruce.

 2.      The presenters wear formal clothes to reflect on the news broadcast and to communicate to the audience that the news stories shown are formal as well.

 3.      A news broadcast might use a variety in presenters to show that they are more diverse and are not just using white males or females for anchors.

 4.      Other reporters may be used for when there is a story in another country and needs reporting on, so they would send the international reporter to that country. Also, when there is a quick news bulletin, another reporter may be used for that.

 5.      There is a balance between the two presenters and they’re both white, furthermore, one is male and one is female.

Opening Sequence

 1.      The logo for BBC News at 6.

 2.      The opening scene uses graphics to show that “Tesco” has lost £6.4 billion pounds. Furthermore, they have this sliding across the screen. This may grab the audience’s attention as they may see that it is their local supermarket which they like to shop at.

 3.      The dramatic music at the beginning is used to introduce the main story/stories which they talk about.

 4.      There are only a couple stories, introduced briefly by using a short clip of the interview.

Studio Mise-en-scene

 1.      Before the main story is introduced, the audience is able to briefly see the desk, furthermore, you can also see the studio with the cameras and behind the presenter, and we can see people working on computers.

 2.      The presenter in the beginning is sitting behind the desk so it feels like they’re having a conversation with the audience.

 3.      The technology is visible in the beginning so that way the audience can see how the news is recorded.

 4.      The colour of the studio is red,

How are news stories presented

 1.BBC News at 6 typically presents a news story by explaining it briefly in a MCU of the presenter sitting behind the desk, and then cut to an interview or video clip.

 2.The programme uses a lot of interviews and video clips to keep the audience entertained, furthermore, the channel uses a lot of graphics on screen to keep the audience entertained.

 3.Political, sports, news in london, international,

 4.In the story about Chemical weapons being used, a lot of video clips were shown to keep the audience entertained. They also used interviews to get people’s opinions on the situation.

Running order

 1.The top story is “Syrian army using chemical warfare”

 2.5-10 minutes

 3.International, health, news about the royal family, pension

 4.Each story is shown for 2-6 minutes.

 5.For how important is to the producers.

Audience

 1.The target audience is 25-80/ Working class

 2.On average, 4 million viewers.

 3.People may watch this news broadcast because it is on around the time when people get back from their jobs.

 4.The audience is able to get involved by going onto twitter and commenting about the news story.

 5.Diversion: escapism or entertainment, personal relationship: developing affection for someone on TV, personal identity: finding ourselves reflected in a character on TV, surveillance: information useful for living.

Institution

 1. BBC News at 1 and BBC News at 10.

 2. They make sure that the news stories aren’t bias in anyway.

 3. This is simplifying the news stories. I agree that BBC News at 6 does this as there is a lot of graphics and clips.

TV News and New/Digital Media

 1.Yes bbc.co.uk

 2.It allows them to see news stories they may have missed.

 3.Yes. @BBCNews

 4.It has a link to the website.

 5.People are able to submit their own stories through the twitter page.

Case Study 1: Channel 4 news

Channel 4 News Case Study

Basic Details

11)     7pm

22)     1982

33)     “International Emmy Award for News, British Academy Award for Best News Coverage, Best News and Current Affairs Journalism.”

44)     Channel 4.

Presenters

11)     Jon Snow, Krishan Guru- Murthy, Cathy Newman

22)     The presenters are wearing formal clothes like suits, shirts and ties; however, Jon Snow wears brightly coloured ties and socks to show that the show is more energetic.

33)     A news broadcast would use a variety of presenters to show a diverse variety of presenters.

44)     The other presenters are used for interviewing, undercover investigating and international coverage.

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Opening sequence

1)      The opening shot is a shot of the logo to show brand identity of Channel 4.

2)      The opening sequence shows clips from the main story so the audience knows what it will be about.

3)     Music is used in the opening sequence to open the news broadcast, also to show synergy with the show because the theme tune is well known.

4)     The other news stories are shown by sliding across the screen so that you only see it briefly.

Studio mise-en-scene

11)     In the video, the audience can see: a desk with 2 chairs, two screens facing opposite each other, the two main anchors and a window with the studio behind it.

22)     The two anchors are standing in front of the desks to connect with audience so that it makes it feel like someone is right in front of you, having a conversation about the news.

33)     The technology on set is visible (2 television). I think that they did this to show that the show is more modern rather than more traditional and old fashioned.

44)     The studio uses purple a lot to show that you are watching Channel 4 News and not any other TV News programme.

How news stories are typically presented

11)     The anchors presents a news story by standing in front of the screen so that a relevant picture appears on the screens when talking about a news story.

22)     The channel will go to a medium close up on one of the anchors when talking about a specific story, however, when a reporter is speaking from a different country, they only record his chest up, instead of waist up when in the studio.

33)     The news programme typically covers stories about: politics, economics, the internet, conflict in other countries and international stories.

44)     News stories are presented and keep the audience entertained by using video clips and exclusive clips from undercover reporters to keep the audience engaged and entertained.

Running order

11)     The top story is about immigration and mass amounts of immigrants entering Britain.

22)     The main story, briefly described by Jon Snow, lasted 0:25 seconds.

33)     Channel 4 news also covered: international stories, news about deaths ("M4 Disaster" and news about the politician), and happier news stories (the Nigerian family being reunited)

43)     Most of the news stories covered lasted 10-20 seconds, with the exception of the main/top story

54)     Each story may have been covered for the certain amount of time because of its importance.

Audience

1.      The target audience is from 18-65 as there are some shows, for example documentaries, which the elderly may watch.

2.      Some people may choose to watch this News programme as it covers a wide range of news stories.

3.      The audience can interact with the programme by using hash tags on twitter to comment about the news stories. The audience can also do this by going to the Facebook fan page and comment about the show there.

4.      The audience may be pleased by the shows broadcasts as it may talk about the country/area which they're from.

Institution

1.      Channel 4

2.      Channel 4 does not produce any other type of news broadcast.

3.      The broadcast fits the channel as it talks about news stories which they show as TV shows, an example is documentaries.

4.      Ofcom makes sure that the news shows are not bias and are presents accurately.

TV News and new/digital media

1.      The broadcast does have a dedicated website.

2.      The website offers catch up with the broadcast so you can watch it online. It also offers you to meet the news anchors. Finally, it offers news which they cover, "UK News," etc.

3.      The titter account for Channel 4 news is @Channel4News.

4.      It promotes the news channel as it promotes the YouTube channel for the news broadcast.

5.      The twitter account does give the audience a chance to submit news stories.

Case Study 3: BBC Three's (60 Seconds)

60 Seconds News Case Study:

  1.      “60 Second News” uses the key conventions to intro the bulletin and to show video clips in a report.

  2.      The current presenter is “Sam Naz.” You notice that the presenters are young to appeal to the target audience.

  3.      Other reporters include: Tasmin Lucia-Khan, Andy May and Matt Cooke.

  4.      Instead of having a set, they use a room and a green screen to show the clips for the news report.

  5.      The opening shot is a shot of the logo in brand colours so you know that you’re watching BBC Three.

  6.      60 Second News normally presents a news story by using video clips which are shown on a screen behind where the presenter will stand. They will also have a phone next to the screen to display pictures relating to the news report. Finally, the presenters speak quickly so they can fit all of the news in within the time limit of 1 minute.

  7.      The target audience for “60 Seconds” news is 18-30 on a predominantly entertainment channel because they broadcasters try to keep their audience entertained. 

  8.       The main ways for the audience to get  involved is by following @BBCNews on twitter or by going to the website of BBC News (bbc.co.uk/news)

  9.      The stories covered in the broadcast, in order are: international and sports. Each story lasted around 10 seconds. The stories shown are: Plane crash in the French Alps, Iran talking about their nukes, a woman in USA getting rude to her black neighbours and American company launching an April fools prank of heels you take selfies in.

  10. 60 Seconds News

  Newsround

  11. The stories shown may appeal to the target audience because the international stories may appeal to the people who are from those countries and the sports stories may appeal to the people who want to know about grand slam tennis.

  12. The three most memorable stories are : Iran talking about nukes, The plane crash in the French Alps and the story about teenagers drinking energy drinks and how it may affect the work they do in class.
                                                            

TV News Representation and Bias.

Sky News Report on the London Riots.

1. Sky News use the perspective of the police officers to present the story.
2. The police are represented as the heroes saving the people of Tottenham from the rioters.
3. Young people are represented as dangerous, violent and disruptive.
4. Sky News use videos of the burning buildings, citizen journalism
5. Sky news use a negative choice of words to describe the teenagers and use words to make the audience sympathetic about the police officers.
6. The citizen journalism part of the report is used at the beginning of the report to show the destruction that the rioters caused.
7. The narrative is used to engage the story through the way it was introduced, by saying how many casualties there were.
8. we can apply Todorov's theory of equilibrium to the story through this, Tottenham fans start rioting, Police officers come to save the day, everything goes back to normal.
9. Rioters=villains, police=heroes
10. Citizen journalism may have provided a perspective as you can see the building burning. 

TV News Running order

Channel 4 News

The running order of Channel 4 News:

1. David Cameron and his office announcing that they will be going to The United States of America to meet Barack Obama in the White House.

2.A woman has been convicted for murdering her husband who was a wealthy banker.

3.Israel has shelled Gaza, killing around 20 civilians.

4.Gunfire has been reported on the streets of Moscow, no details have arrived.

5.Cheryl Cole announces that she is pregnant.

60 Seconds News

This would be the running order for a bulletin of 60 Seconds news:

1.A new series of BBC's "Sherlock" has broken a record for most viewing figures.

2. Miley Cyrus telling a fan to "get a life" causes a twitter storm.

3.Cheryl Cole announces that she's pregnant.

4.20 People were killed in 15 diffrent accidents over the previous week.

5.An anti-austerity was held in London today and was attended by 50,000 people.

BBC News at 6

This is the programme schedule for BBC News at 6:

1. David Cameron and his office announcing that they will be going to The United States of America to meet Barack Obama in the White House.

2. A woman has been convicted for murdering her husband who was a wealthy banker.

3.Gunfire has been reported on the streets of Moscow, no details have arrived.

4.Israel has shelled Gaza, killing around 20 civilians.

5.Cheryl Cole announces that she is pregnant.

Newsround

This is the running order of Newsround would be:

1. Cheryl Cole announces that she's pregnant.

2.Miley Cyrus causing a twitter storm

3.New series of Sherlock breaking records in viewing figures.

4.Gunfire reported on the streets of Moscow

5.20 People killed in 15 different car crashes.

News Values

Boston Marathon Bombings

This news story would be at the top of the agenda because of the news values that it has;

 it is a really negative story, Bombing at the Boston Marathon, thus making it more interesting or sad to watch as a viewer. 
                                            
It is kinda close to home as some British people may have been running in the marathon, and there was at the minimum 264 casualties and some of those injured citizens may have been British citizens, therefore showing some form of the Boston Bombing being "Close to home."
                                         However, this story is not as "immediate" as the bombings in Boston happened in 2013, or two years ago, therefore people may not be as interested in this story compared to a news story from today like "UK Party Leaders cast their vote."

 This story is not as simple as it seems because it is just "A Suicide Bomber Bombing at the Boston Marathon." This story may seem simple whereas it is not really as one of the towers collapsed after the two bombs went off the the finish line of the marathon. 

This story is arguably unique and not unique because it is a bombing at a marathon which you so not see, however this story is also not unique because there have been bombings in places that you wouldn't expect before, e.g. the twin towers being bombed and collapsed, also the bus which was bombed in June as well as the the London Underground which was bombed on the same day, thus naming these attacks 7/7 because they happened on the 7th of June 2005.
                                        Furthermore, people may be interested in this story, as well as it being the news agenda, because this happened in USA, which is a very important country in the world.