Media Studies – How has television innovated in the presentation of news since the 1950s? Please give examples from at least two different broadcasters/news providers.

February 11, 2024February 11, 2024 Discipline: Communications and Media

Essay question:

How has television innovated in the presentation of news since the 1950s? Please give examples from at least two different broadcasters/news providers.
Chosen broadcasters: (BBC and ITN/ITV)
The essay should demonstrate that you have a clear essay structure, ie an introduction that directly addresses the question by defining the key terms, saying what examples you will analyse and what you will focus on in your analysis of your chosen examples (b) a main body of argument and analysis, divided into short, distinct paragraphs; and (c) a conclusion which clearly and succinctly summarises your answer to your chosen question.
You should draw upon and cite at least two readings listed on the module. These readings can be found on the course’s moodle page, either in the Key reading, or in the ‘Additional Resources’ section at the bottom page of each week’s session. You will need to show evidence that you have engaged with the readings meaningfully and critically.
Key reading:
“News” in G. Creeber, The Television Genre Book, BFI, 2008. The Birkbeck Library has several copies of this book.
“We Now Go Live”: Digital Live-News Technologies
Feng D, ”Audience engagement in the discourse of TV news kernels: the case of BBC News at Ten. ”, Discourse and Communication, 2020, vol. 14 (2), 133-149
Additional resources:
1.BBC News: Creating audience in the digital era
2. Here below is an article about the online operations of two major Colombian TV news organisations. You could think about whether the research findings of this study may be applicable to other countries, e.g , UK TV news organisations:
Víctor García-Perdomo, (2020),”Re-Digitizing Television News: The Relationship between TV, Online Media and Audiences,”, Digital Journalism
3. Article on use of vox pops in UK TV news coverage of the Brexit referendum
And here are some more books you can borrow from the Birkbeck Library:
Casey, B. et al ‘News’ in Television Studies: the key concepts (London: Routledge, 2002)
Crisell, A. An Introductory History of British Broadcasting (Routledge, 1997), pp. 91-94.
McQueen, D. Television: A Media Student’s Guide (London: Arnold, 1998) chapter 9
Harvard referencing

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