Representation & Bias

1) Whose perspective have Sky News used to present the story? (Clue: it’s in the opening line)
Sky News has used the 8 Police men who were in hospital because of the riots in London.


2) How are the police represented in this coverage?
The police are represented as the victims in the London riots as the presenters are presenting the story in honour of the police men who are suffering in hospital because of the riots. 


3) How are young people represented in this coverage?
Young people are represented as violent and reckless in the coverage as they are showing smashing bottles, throwing petrol bombs, setting cars, building and buses on fire. 

4) What images and videos are selected by Sky News to accompany the story?
The images & videos shown by sky news is the rioters going reckless and destroying anything that comes into their path. 


5) What choice of words is used to present this news event?
The choice of words used in this news coverage are words to describe how violent the rioters are and how vunerable the police are. 


6) What aspect of the story is chosen as the most important detail and included at the very beginning of the report?
The most important aspect of the story is the part of the London Bus and building that were lit on fire by the rioters and the police officers suffering in hospital to show how violent the riots were.

7) How is narrative used to engage the audience with this news story?
The narrative is used the enage the audience to show how violent and serious it is by the public having to be injured and having to leave their own homes because of this devastating event.

8) How can we apply Todorov’s equilibrium theory to this coverage?
We can apply this by saying if it was fair or not, the riots was not fair at all for the members of the public and others as they did nothing to cause this. The disequilibrium is started by when the police gets involved and that there would be more fighting as police would fight and the rioters would fight back.

9) What examples of Propp’s character types can we find in this coverage? Are there heroes and villains?

There is no heros or villians in this event. But some would say that the heros is the police crew as they stopped the riots by arresting them and the villians would be the rioters causing the masses of destruction everywere. 

10) How might citizen journalism have been used to provide a different angle on this story?
Citizen journaslim would have been used to provide a different story as it may show the police throwing things back, news programmes may not have covered those bits of the police throwing deadly objects back.

bbc & newsround

60 Seconds News & News Round Case Study

NewsRound=

2) How does Newsround use the key conventions of TV news?
NewsRound uses Colour scheme of TV news key conventions to show bright and interesting colours towards their programme to catch the audience’s attention and to gather a bigger audience.
They have interviews in their TV news programme with children on topic of schools. They use this so the children’s voice can be heard and shows fair and balanced news.                                                    

3) Who are the presenters for BBC Newsround? Why do Newsround have a variety of presenters?
Leah Boleto                                                                                                                                                                                           Ricky Boleto                                       
Martin Dougan                                                                                                                                                                                   Hayley Hassall                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jenny Lawrence                                                                                                                                                                                                   Ayshah Tull                                                                                                                                                                                         NewsRound uses a variety of presenters                     

4) Are any other presenters or reporters used?
They are used to present special news and any other type of news that are not usually shown every day.

5) What does the studio look like? How is technology used in programme?
The studio has a colour scheme of purple, green, blue and white. The studio is like a box room which has a massive screen and a reporter, easy for their audience to understand. Technology is used for moving graphics behind the presenter on the screen they also tell the audience to visit the web for more information so the audience can find out more if they wish.

6) What is the opening sequence to Newsround? Does it fit the key conventions of TV news?
The opening sequence is the presenter introducing themselves and giving us a quick brief of what will be coming up later into the programme.

7) How does Newsround typically present a news story? (E.g. presenter to camera, reporter on location, interviews, graphics, images, video etc.)
They firstly give video footages if there is any to give out to us; they give background speeches of the presenters while the camera is shown to be going around the main scene. They then would give us an interview with any member of the public if they have a reporter on location.

8) Who is the target audience for Newsround? You may want to research this online.
6 to 12 year olds.

9) Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme? Do young people feature in the news programme at all?
Yes, they can give opinions on news online they can also have interviews with the children with something, (general election).

10) What news stories are covered in the broadcasts you have watched? List ALL the stories that are covered AND the order that they appear in. How long does each story appear for?

Journalist freed after year in prison. 30 seconds.

Girl raises £300,000. 5 secs.

Writing found inside ancient scrolls. 5 secs.

BBC3 60 Seconds=

2) How does the BBC3 60 Second News use the key conventions of TV news?
They use: Social media, animated graphics, text on screen, voice overs to communicate with the audience much clearer.

3) Who are the presenters for the BBC3 60 Second News? What do you notice about their age and how they are dressed?
Sam Naz

Ben Mundy

ChiChi Izundu

Tina Deheley

They are around middle aged people who wear dresses/suits to look formal towards the audience and to show that they are professionals.

4) Are any other presenters or reporters used?
No

5) What does the studio look like? How is technology used in programme? How are graphics used in the presentation of the news?
The studio’s colour scheme is Purple and White to make it look eye catching. The studio uses technology mainly, the use tablets and phones on screen to present the news, which can make it aim towards a younger audience. Graphics are also used mainly as there are moving graphics in the background so the audience doesn’t get bored. They also have a timer in the background counting down from 60 to ensure that the news is exactly 60 seconds.

6) What is the opening shot of the BBC3 60 Second News? Does it fit the key conventions of TV news?

Opening shots is the animated graphics on screen showing off the programmes logo with moving colours to make it look more eye-catching than the other news programmes.

7) How does the BBC3 60 Second News typically present a news story? (E.g. presenter to camera, reporter on location, interviews, graphics, images, video etc.)
They show images, videos, interviews with voice overs in the background.

8) Who is the target audience for the BBC3 60 Second News? You may want to research this online. Why does the BBC feature news on a predominantly entertainment-based channel?
18-34

9) Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme? Do young people feature in the news programme at all?
Yes, they provide social media links for the audience so they can send in some comments they may have along with their website link.

10) What news stories are covered in the broadcasts you have watched? List ALL the stories that are covered AND the order that they appear in. How long does each story appear for?

Officials know that the Alps plane crash pilots suffered from depression. 9 secs.

Good luck Jonathan is no longer president. 11 secs.

Iran Nuclear talks extended. 11 secs.

Woman gets racist to 2 black men. 10 secs.

Selfie shoes are shown. 10 secs.

News Value

Negativity

The Nepal earthquake can fit any other type of news value's but mainly it would fit the negativity value. A devastating earthquake that would wipe out an entire country and kills thousands of people would mostly likely become a major news story all around the world. This fits the negativity column perfectly as it contains death, dramatic images, people running for lives & tragedy. This would create questions in the minds of the audience as they would wonder what happens to the survivors, what was going through the minds of the people who were suffering from the earthquake. 


Closeness to home

The general election would fit the closeness to home value perfectly as it contains voting from the public. A election to decide who becomes the UK's new leader would affect every person across the UK as the new leaders would change the way bills, taxes, education, etc works. This is why it fits into the closeness to home value. 

Immediacy

The 9/11 would fit other values such as, negativity, this would fit the immediacy as it major news all around the world. Mainly in America, this news story would also fit the Immediacy as it is all over the media/social media as everyone remembers all those who has been killed in this major event.

Simplicity

The German wings plane crash fits the simplicity section perfectly as it is easy for a news company to broadcast and explain the news story. The audience would understand exactly what is going on. A plane crash is easy to understand as one mistake has a high impact on what the plane will do next. It would attract a high number of audience's as they would want to know how it happened and what happened to the passengers, did they die? did any survive?

Uniqueness

This would fit the uniqueness category perfectly as it is unusual to see someone famous/speical take an object from the audience. Famous/Special people wouldent really take objects such as foods from the audience as they would not know what it contains, it may contain something they are allergic to or possibly poison. This is why it fits the uniqueness category.

Elite nations or people

The royal couple have another baby, which is why it is placed in the elite nations or people category. The royal couple are a very important people in the United Kingdom, and for them to add another family member to that important family is major in the UK. They had also shown interviews and gave us in depth history, this is how important the royal family is.

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 - analysing Sky News coverage of the 2011 riots

Case Study

Case Study

 What is the angle of a news story? Give an example to explain your answer.
The angle of a news story is how you report a story.
The news angle is the perspective that the news provider takes on a certain event. Changing the angle can significantly alter the way a news story is reported

What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet news coverage?
Tabloid is less serious content, focusing instead on celebrities, sports and crime stories

Broadsheet is serious news: politics, economics, and international news.

What would be an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme?
60 seconds news

What would be an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme?
BBC news

What is the difference between international, national, regional and local news coverage?

International: World News

National: UK-Wide News

Regional: London/Yorkshire/Scotland

Local: West London, Leeds, Edinburgh

Answer the questions on the election coverage clips…

Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
National, because the 2015 election only takes place in the UK.

What angle does the report take on the story?
The BBC only keeps their focus on the main UK parties. They go to different locations to find out what those parties have to offer.

Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
This is a more broadsheet style coverage as it presented professionally

What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?

I would expect an audience around 20-50 as the language is complicated. And that BBC’s audience is usually around 20-50.

Sky News election
1) is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
Regional because the only keep their focus on politics that are about London.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?
Their focus is mainly on David Cameron, which is unfair and biased on the politic leaders.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
Tabloid because they showed Larry the cat on screen

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?

Around 16-35 year olds because of the language used and because of Larry the cat, which could be a bit childish for an older audience

STV (Scottish) coverage of the election story

1) is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
National news because it is mainly focused on the Scottish politics

2) What angle does the report take on the story?
Their focus is on only the Scottish politics which is biased towards the other politics.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
This is mainly tabloid as they use animated graphics on screen to present their news

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?

16-40 because their news story is serious but animated which is why it does not apply to an older audience.

Channel 4 News coverage of the election story.

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?
National as they only focus on the parties based in London.

2) What angle does the report take on the story?
Their angle is balanced as they show roughly the same amount of time on the different parties to fit their time slot

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?
Tabloid & Broadsheet. Tabloid because they use animated graphics to show the party leaders. Broadsheet because they show all the sides of the parties using complicated language.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?

Around 18-50 because of the language which is why it does not apply for a younger audience and because of the animated graphics it doesn’t apply to any older audiences.