The News broadcast that I chose was the BBC One-Minute World News for 26/05/2016. On this particular news broadcast we see three of the key events that are happening around the world within 24 hours.
The first story shown to the audience is the disruption of France due to unions such as oil refineries, nuclear power stations and ports, leading strikes that have caused motor ways and bridges to be blocked. The second story is about four Islamic military people who were suspected of placing a bomb in a bar screening of the world cup football match to be guilty.
Another story that is briefly mentioned is the missing Egyptian plane and have began taking further searches within a 5 kilometer area of the Mediterranean sea to look for the planes transmitter.
The final story that my chosen news broadcast shows is about Amber Heard filing for a divorce with Johnny Depp.
In the starting sequence of the news broadcast we see the opening credits and music come in and we are introduced to the spokeswomen named Lucy Hockings who reads the top headlines for us.
We see a use of visuals to help explain the story better for us as the audience and make it easier for the audience to understand.
Part Two
For my broadcast I only had one main presenter named Lucy Hockings. Lucy is an early forties woman that is from New Zealand originally. She works as a New Zealand journalist within BBC World News and was made to have speech lessons due to the problems her accent caused her on public television.Her role as a newsreader is to inform the audience of the current news as it happens with none of their own opinions coming through to the audience. It is also their role to keep the audiences informed as well as entertained.
The skills needed when becoming a newsreader is researching and guiding, story telling to a medium and the ability to think and adapt as technology changes. An essential skill for news readers to have is to have a tone that makes the stories seem warm and engaging to the audience and not threatening or harsh.
Part Three
A news order or a running order is there to help people know what happened on the programme in an accurate manner. For the news, the editor is the one that makes the final decision about the ordering and makes sure that the entries for the news are at the right place for viewing. For the news, the first thing to be shown is the lead story or the lead, which is longer than all the others due to having the most information provided to the audience as well as being the most essential.
The next stories that are provided to the audience are ones that are ranked on interest and provide a mix of stories to convey different emotions.
Another way the news captures the audience interest is by using a news round-up which provide information on national or international news for the viewers to watch.
There is also the potential use of a sports round up which is good to keep the audience up to date on the essential scores of matches and to provide short interviews with some of the players.
To keep the audience further interested, the news focuses on providing a round up of the weather which is either in the studio or on an outside location.
At the end of the news some studios focus on providing a lighter story at the end by stating, "And finally..."
When it comes to the timings of the running order, the editor ensures that the lead story is the longest piece to provide information to the audience but not too long to make them loose interest. Each story that comes later on in the running order is a lot shorter so must capture the key pieces of information to capture the audiences attention before their time is up.
A key skill that news reporters must be able to do it to adapt to news whenever possible. For example, if the lead was focusing on the benefits of longer education and your editor informs you that a bomb has just gone off in an airport in London, then that is your top lead story. With this in mind the news reporter must adapt by talking about the breaking news that has just occurred and be able to successfully talk on the spot towards the audience that are watching this. Being flexible and prepared to change shows you are able to discuss any matter easily, making you a good reporter.
Sometimes when there is little news to report, we have a slow news day due to having a lack of substantial topics. The final story on the news is usually the lighter story to round off on a good note. The news reporter usually ends it "And finally" before stating the last short story of the day before the news ends completely. It's role is to display a more positive approach within the country and to show that there is a vast variety of news for the audience to know and understand.
The News Values Theory is believed that our perception of what creates the event is currently determined and isn't a natural occurrence. The theory stated that the more an event is accessed by the criteria, the more likely it will be reported to the news.
An example of this is the obsession we have with celebrities and the gossip of our lives. When it came to David Beckham splitting with Victoria we had a front page spread of the story to interest the readers. Yet on the same day, five children were killed in a minibus accident and did not reach the front cover. The news reporters and journalists focus on the most interesting story for the audience and place that as the cover or the lead story.
When it comes to the News Values of Galtung and Ruge (1973) we see there were a number of topics that went with the theory.
Below are the twelve topics and there meanings:
Immediacy: Has it happened recently?
Familiarity: Is is culturally close to us in Britain?
Amplitude: Is is a big even that affects large numbers?
Frequency: Does the event happen often?
Unambiguity: Is it clear and definite?
Predictability: Did we expect it to happen?
Surprise: Is is rare or unexpected event?
Continuity: Has it previously been defined as news?
Elite Nations/People: Big countries or celebrities?
Personalisation: Is is a human interest story?
Negativity: Is is bad news?
Balance: "and finally" fun story to balance bad news...
When it came to looking for my own evidence of these topics I began to search on YouTube for news reports with any of these related to it.
My first short clip I found was called the "EU Referendum: Are you in or out?" which stated a lot of different people and there beliefs towards the EU.
When looking at this I found that it related to the Galtung and Ruge Theory with being Immediacy, Familiarity, Amplitude, Unambiguity, Surprise, Continuity and Elite Nations/People.
This short news broadcast shows us the effects of what will happen to the UK when having to vote an essential choice such as this one. It has happened recently and is very close to the UK citizens with the results of effecting a large number within the country. Not only does it do this but it also shows clear and definite opinions to an unexpected event and has been constantly reviewed on the news for the past upcoming months. It is also based on a big countries such as all that are in the EU and how it will effect our country with theirs.
Another key clip I found was called "2001-09-11 World Trade Center Attacks, BBC + ITV News Opening". This clip shows the gripping scene of the World Trade Center being attacked as well as the Pentagon. This clip portrays to the audience about the extremes that terrorism had reached and was a rare event that occurred, making it Frequency. It was something that no one expected to happen and is still to this day a human interest story due to the dramatic effect it has had on people within the time it happened as well as the following years. It is displayed as bad news due to the tragic display of horror that was sent towards America and resulted in thousands of people to die or be injured due to this awful event.
When it came to the balance of finding a lighter, happier story for the audience to see at the end of the news. For mine I found the short story about a fake penguin providing research to scientists to help conserve the species. This story informs the audience of how the rover was dressed like a penguin chick in order to get close enough to the creatures. With this alone, the scientists were able to see that this did not stress the penguins or increase there heart rate informing the audience a little about the life of the penguins and what makes them stressed. This story is not only factual but is also displayed as humourous due to how the scientists had to work to be able to collect any information, providing a funny, interesting side to the audience.
Part Four
The news isnt always a 100% truthful matter and can sometimes sneak into the news without the audience noticing.
There are various ways that we able to notice the news becoming bais, the first is being bais through selection and omission.
Selection and Omission means that the editor can choose whether or not to tell a specific news story. Within the story, some of the details can be either ignored or given out to allow the audience to provide the audience a different opinion on the matter.
The only way to varify if this particular type of bais behaviour is noticed, is by comparing a wide variety of sources to news reports.
An example of this would be how an editor might believe that an advertiser wants younger readers due to spending more money, so will ignore any news that holds a significant interest towardszs the elderly.
Another key detection is Bais through placement. This is related to the structure of a magazine and how we see the top story on the front page to grab the interest of the audience. The story on the front page is therefore suppose to be a lot more interesting and eye-appealing to the audience than a story somewhere in the middle or the back of the magazine. When it comes to TV and radio broadcastings we see that the top ratings are the first to be spoken of and the less appealing stories are to be told later.
Examples of this are two front covers of Empire magazine and the top announcements of particular films placed on the front to grab the interest of the readers.
The third detection of being bais is by the headline. The headlines are the most read part of a magazine due to its bold letters and interesting font but half the time the story may appear interesting but really isn't when the audience begins to read it. This is therefore a misleading matter and is baised. Here are a few examples below:
Not only is there bais through headlines, but there is also being baised through camera angles, captions and photos. When it comes to the world of photography, we see that a series of shots can get any emotion or thought through to another person all due to how another looks or seems. A photo can make someone look stupid, angry, upset or funny but that might not be the whole story. The paper not only chooses the most factual photo, but also the most interesting to capture the audiences' attention as well as causing a heavy influence on their persepective of that person. Below are a few examples.
Finally, the last bais theory is the bais through the choice of words. When it comes to watching or listening to the news, people can display a particular connotation due to hearing a negative or postive remark about them. There is also the use of a tone in the newscasters voice which could also help give a directed opinion to the audience making them think what they think about this person or place due to what they have heard. An example of this is below.
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