News Values

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

•  A really negative story, Bombing at the Boston Marathon, thus making it more interesting or sad to watch as a viewer. 

• It is sort of 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.  

Case Study 4: Newsround

• News round uses key conventions of TV news by a presenter reporting and sitting in a studio.

• Leah Boleto (2009-present) 
• Ricky Boleto (2008-present)Martin Dougan (2013-present)Hayley Hassall (2009-present)Jenny Lawrence (2013-present)Ayshah Tull (2013-present)

• A variety of presenters is used because you need to vary the views on different news stories.

• No other presenters are used all the ones listed above are the presenters.

• The studio has a screen behind the presenters to display the logo of News round and the graphic content behind on the screen and visual to the audience.

• The opening sequence is the logo of news round appearing on the screen before we go into the studio where the rest of the broad cast is presented and the reports of the events taken place.

• A story is presented by the reporter first being in front of the screen giving us a insight into the news story and then zoom in to the screen showing the report with a voice over of the presenter and then either a reporter will appear or the presenter carries on talking.

• 6 - 12 year old 

• yes there is as you can see the young presenters present news stories like the one about the schools and how the layout can interfere with your learning. young people feature in the broadcast as they present some stories regarding there school or something aimed at young people.

• Using energy drinks is bad for you if you use it to conquer tiredness from late nights,

• how classrooms affect children learning, 

• Prince harry has gone to Australia to be in the army there,

• a dog learning to walk again with prosthetic legs, 

• feeding bread to ducks can be wrong as it might affect growth,

• the biggest Easter egg was put up in Argentina and people got a chance to taste it too,

Representation and Bias Blog Task

Sky News Report on the London Riots:

• Sky News use the perspective of the police officers to present the story.

• The police are represented as the heroes saving the people of Tottenham from the rioters.
• Young people are represented as dangerous, violent and disruptive.
• Sky News use videos of the burning buildings, citizen journalism
• Sky news use a negative choice of words to describe the teenagers and use words to make the audience sympathetic about the police officers.
• The citizen journalism part of the report is used at the beginning of the report to show the destruction that the rioters caused.
• The narrative is used to engage the story through the way it was introduced, by saying how many casualties there were.
• 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.
• Rioters=villains, police=heroes
• Citizen journalism may have provided a perspective as you can see the building burning.

Running Order for Different News Shows

BBC3 60 Seconds:

• A new series of BBC's drama Sherlock achieved record viewing figures last night.

• A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to 'get a life' has started a Twitter storm.

• David Cameron's office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet Obama.

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

• Cheryl Cole has announced that she is pregnant.

BBC News at Six:

• Israel has shelled a residential area of Gaza killing around 25 civilians.

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

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

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

• Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.

Channel 4 News:

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

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

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

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

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

BBC News round:

• Lady Gaga is in London and has been spotted jogging in Hyde Park.

• Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.

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

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

• 20 people were killed in 15 different road accidents over the previous weekend.

Case Study 3: News Stories Covering Start of General Election Campaign 2015

Testing What I've Learned:

• The angle of a news story is how balanced a story is. For example parties that are more right winged are most likely to get their views shown on television
• Tabloid delivered news is more aimed at making celebrities their main priority whereas broadsheet delivered stories revolve around politics
• An example of a tabloid-style TV news programme would be BBC Three's 60 Seconds because they focus more on things like award shows and music
• An example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme would be BBC World News because they put the news on politics and war at the start of the bulletin
• International news is news that affects the world. National news is news that affects the country. Regional news is news that affects the region. Local news is news that affects the local area

BBC News Election Story:

• This is international news because the news stories that are aired on this show are mainly stories from different countries
• The BBC are paid to be balanced, however, they have recently been accused for being biased over the topic of the General Election of 2015
• This is more of a broadsheet-style news programme because the more important news stories are delivered first
• Almost every age group would watch this news programme because it is run off the audience's taxes. People would watch it because they pay for it

Sky News Election Story:

• This is international news because this is not paid for by the public, therefore they can deliver whatever stories that they choose to deliver
• The Sky News cover of the General Election is more left winged because they are paid to give their own opinions in stories
• This news show is a mix between a tabloid-style coverage and a broadsheet style coverage because the stories are delivered in a random order
• This TV news programme is expected to be watched by all ages starting from 13+ because teenagers need to be informed of what is going on in the country

STV (Scottish) Coverage of The Election Story:

• This TV news programme is national news because it is supporting the country that they are working for, however they cannot bias their news
• This news channel delivers its news on the election neither right-winged nor left-winged. It has to be balanced
• This is a more tabloid-style coverage of the general election because it doesn't take up a big part of their news show
• This TV news show is most likely to be watched by Scottish people in and away from Scotland, hence the title STV news

Channel 4 News Coverage of the Election Story:

• This TV news programme is national news. It's whole franchise works for the United Kingdom
• This is a biased TV news programme
• This has a more broadsheet-style when shown on TV
• This would be watched by an older group of people in England

Case Study 2: BBC News at Six

Basic Details:

• BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation
• The BBC is funded through tax payers
• Their mission statement is to inform, educate and entertain
• The remit for BBC 1 is to deliver TV programmes and bulletins with no opinions 
• BBC news also cannot have any opinions

Presenters:

• Presenters are Fiona Bruce and Jane Hill
• Presenters are dressed formally
• Would use a variety of presenters so that they can cover stories from any part of the world
• Other presenters are shown in different countries for a personal bulletin
• There are more male presenters than female presenters
• Most of the presenters are white are mixed-race 

Opening Sequence:

• The very first shot is of the first shown presenter sitting at a desk with looking papers
• Special Effects are used to "dumb down" the news stories
• There is dramatic music being played in the opening sequence
• The stories coming up are briefly mentioned at the start of the bulletin

Studio Mise-En-Scene:

• The audience can see the presenters, The background workers and the desk
• Only one of the presenters is sat behind a desk; the rest are in different locations
• Cameras are shown at the beginning of the show
• The studio's main colour is red, which is mostly used with black

How News Stories Are Presented:

• The story is presented in a monotone voice 
• The presenters introduce themselves before they begin with a bulletin
• They cover financial, crime, country, academic and sports news
• Special effects are blended into the real-life footage

Running Order:

• The top story was that Tesco lost £6.4bn
• It lasts for about 6 minutes
• Order of stories: Tesco, Child Abuse, Immigrants, School Children and Cricket
• All stories last approximately 6 minutes
• Shown for this time to spread out the time schedule

Audience:

• The target audience for this news show is 70% of Britain
• On average it pulls in 4 million viewers
• This would be chosen over other news programmes because of the timing
• Viewers are advised to keep an eye out for criminals or special events
• The viewers can find out what is happening in their local area

Institution:

• Other news programmes by the BBC include BBC World News and BBC three's 60 seconds
• BBC's news mustn't have any opinions attached to their news
• I agree that BBC News at six has been dumbed down because there are too many special effects

TV News and New/Digital Media:

• This news show has a page on it's institutional website
• This news show also has a twitter feed
• It has highlights etc and recaps with extra website links 
• Twitter feed promotes the programme by tweeting the time it's coming on 
• Viewers are advised to keep an eye out for criminals or special events

Case Study 1: Channel 4 News

Basic Details:

• ·         Shown Monday-Friday at 7:00pm and Lasts 55 minutes
• ·         The programme was first aired in November of 1982
• ·         Have won ‘The International Emmy Award’ and two ‘British Academy Television awards’
• ·         Channel  4 news is produced by Channel  4

Presenters:

• ·         Presenters are Jon Snow, Krishan Guru-Murthy and Cathy Newman
• ·         Presenter dress formally, Jon Snow wears loud ties - fits a percentage of the audience
• ·         Uses a variety of presenters so that the show doesn't become too predictable
• ·         Some of the anchors travel around the world to cover news stories from its location
• ·         There are 3 male presenters and 1 female presenters

Opening Sequence:

• ·         Very first shot of the bulletin is the channel 4 sign
• ·         Dramatic music to alert to the viewers or to show importance of the stories
• ·         Channel  4 news sign uses its colour scheme in the in the opening segment
• ·         Presenters don’t introduce themselves until after they have said what they will report

Studio Mise-En-Scene:

• ·         Desk and background computers our visible to the audience
• ·         The colour scheme for the company is used on set
• ·         Channel covers war, social media issues, politics and financial stories
• ·         The presenters are sat behind the desk

How News Stories Are Presented:

• ·         The news stories are presented with a monotone voice
• ·         The stories are presented with no opinions and nothing to change the viewers mind
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• ·         The news programme mostly cover sports, worldwide crisis and politics
•           News stories delivered quickly and clearly

            Running Order:

•           The most recent story is about a man being held in a room and mistaken for a woman
•           The first story lasts for about 1:20
•      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)
•     Most of the news stories covered lasted 10-20 seconds, with the exception of the main/top story
•     Each story may have been covered for the certain amount of time because of its importance.
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Audience:

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•      The target audience is from 18-65 as there are some shows, for example documentaries, which the elderly may watch.
•         Some people may choose to watch this News programme as it covers a wide range of news stories.
•       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.
•      The audience may be pleased by the shows broadcasts as it may talk about the country/area which they're from.
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Institution:

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•     Channel 4
•     Channel 4 does not produce any other type of news broadcast.
•      The broadcast fits the channel as it talks about news stories which they show as TV shows, an example is documentaries.
•       Ofcom makes sure that the news shows are not bias and are presents accurately.
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TV News and new/digital media:

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•      The broadcast does have a dedicated website.
•      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.
•      The titter account for Channel 4 news is @Channel4News.
•       It promotes the news channel as it promotes the YouTube channel for the news broadcast.
•       The twitter account does give the audience a chance to submit news stories.