I watched the BBC News at Ten that was released on the 21st of March 2016. In this broadcast they showed stories ranging from benefit cuts, a manslaughter charge, a allegation to a group of pedophiles within the government, a car crash that only left a baby alive, a presidential meeting between the USA and Cuba, the arrest of a suspected terrorist, the arrest of a jewelry thief, a story on a tennis player's views on how men players earning more than women, the 100 year anniversary of the law of signing up to fight in the war became compulsory. The intro visuals for BBC News at Ten have been made to be a sphere, portraying the Earth and how they give the news of the world, whereas the music is similar to a countdown to with the steady continuous beeping and intense beat.
PART 2
In the broadcast I watched, Huw Edwards and Fiona Bruce are the presenters. Huw Edwards is a 54 year old male from Wales and Fiona Bruce is a 51 year old female from Singapore. The role of a news reader is to present the news live on TV and explain in detail the stories that have come in. They have to read their lines from a teleprompter that's placed below the camera to give the impression they're looking at the audience. Many skills are needed for this job such as good English skills, quick decision making and fast reactions to change due to many things being taken away or put in to the broadcast. PART 3
The term ordering in news terms, is the process of putting the stories of the day in a specific sequence based on many factors such as importance and relevance. The list of news stories most likely to appear in that days broadcast is called the 'prospects list' and is drawn up by the news editor. The most important news story of the day is the story that will be put at the beginning of the broadcast and is chosen to make sure the most amount of people get to see it. In the news, the ability to think and act quickly is a vital skill the presenters have to have because the producer can tell them to forget or skip a story, change a line they see on the screen and are constantly talking through the earpiece to keep things flowing the throughout the entire broadcast. This can become very distracting and put the presenters off, making them slip up with their lines and mess up the episode. Having quick thinking and reaction skills allows them to handle these situations better and lower the risk of messing up whilst live. The term 'slow news day' is the term given to a day in which there are no vital or really important news stories, so the editors and producers fill the episode with more trivial stories to fill the gaps left. The final story in a broadcast in often refereed to as the 'and finally' story; its a light hearted, unique or inspirational story to raise the spirits of its viewers after the less happy stories that would have come before it. An example of this would be a story from 21/03/16 on ITV news, that gives the story of how a 10 year old physically disabled defied the doctor's prediction that he'd never walk again and ended up leading his favorite football team onto the pitch. News values determine how much importance news stories is given by a news broadcaster, and the recognition it is given by the audience.
Negativity- Bad news
such as death,
tragedy, bankruptcy, violence,
natural disasters and extreme
weather conditions is
considered as ‘negativity’ on the list of values.on the list of values. An example of this would be the recent death of Paul Daniels a British magician on the 17/03/16, which effected many of his followers in the British community.
Currency- Currency are stories that have been in the public eye for a while and are considered valuable. A story about the abduction or murder of a child may run for weeks even if nothing new occurs. Madeline McCann's kidnapping would be an example of this, as it happened in 2007 but is still an ongoing story that continuously crops up a few times a year, most recently in February of 2016.
Personality- Stories that center around a certain person, because they can be presented from a 'human interest' angle, are loved by news outlets, particularly if they involve a renowned person. An example of this would be the rape and sexual harassment allegations put against Sam Pepper due to his inappropriate 'prank' and 'social experiment' videos he posted on YouTube before he removed them all in February of 2016.
Uniqueness- Any story which covers a unique or unusual event has news values. An example would be a taxidermied chimp wearing a top hat and tie that was stolen along with 17 other stuffed animals from a warehouse on 09/03/16.
Simplicity- Stories that are easier to understand and explain are often preferred by the audience in comparison to longer, more complex ones. The story about a crew of firemen that saved a cat that was stuck in a tree for over 2 days in cold temperatures on 10/01/16 would be a good example.
Expectedness- If news stories are relevant to predicted ideas, then it has expectedness as a news value. An example would be when Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar on 29/02/16 after many people predicted it would happen for his role in 'The Revenant' on social media and/or in personal conversations.
Exclusivity- If a newspaper or news show is the first and only news organisation with a certain story, then they will rate it above the rest. An example would be the Labour leader that filled in a tax form incorrectly and is facing questions.
Closeness to home- A story that is based in or around the area that people live will usually gain their attention and interest more due to it often affecting them in a bigger way. An example of this would be the story of a 45 year old man sexually abusing a child in Norfolk and admitting it to the police in January of 2016. This effects many people in the area as people would have know both the victim and offender. As well as this, people would have worried that their children may have been a victim of the same crime or other such things.
Elite Nations or people- This news value says that powerful organisations or people are more news worthy that lesser knows businesses or people. People such as Donald Trump or David Cameron would gain more attention in the news as their actions have a big impact. An example of this would be the debate happening with Donald Trump and his views on abortion in which he stuttered and jumbled his words, making people doubt this leadership abilities.
Size- In the news, the size and severity of the story matters a great deal, as the bigger he story, the more people it will effect. An example of this would be the recent April 2016 news story on the statistics of people asking questions such as requesting a pay rise, getting someones phone number and even asking someone for money that they owe. This effects many people because these questions are frequently asked by people in day to day life.
Recency- News stations like to be competitive over revealing breaking news. Bigger, 24 hour news channels such as CNN and BBC World rate this news value above many others. An example of this would be the 2016 presidential election and how it's candidates are doing, such as Donald Trump and his high number of votes, putting him in the lead.
Continuity- A story that includes events that could be ongoing such as a war or a sports tournament would be considered continuous. These are rated highly by news outlets when the story first breaks because they are likely to carry on and develop into a longer story and encourage the viewers to watch the next few episodes of the news- raising their numbers. An example of this would be the Olympic games that happen every year for several weeks. News companies report each days Olympic achievements and in turn gain many continuous viewers that want to find out different results.
PART 4
I watched a story on the evolution of virtual reality and its growing popularity and technology. The story involves many different virtual reality technicians and experts as well as a presenter. In the story, the people are presented as being clever and geniuses in the field of virtual reality and the presenter is presented as being well dressed and formal. I felt that the people in the episode were good at explaining the technical side of virtual reality as well as the benefits and recreational uses of it. As well as this, they seemed very clever and well trained in their respective fields. This story did have a small bit of narrative inbetween different scenes of the story, but it was mainly focuses on conversations and interviews.
PART 5
Bias through selection and omission is when an editor in the news expresses bias by deciding whether to use a news story. He can choose to ignore some details and can include others to make the viewers feel a certain way or to give them a different opinion about the story being reported. This kind of bias can be proven by reading or watching many other news outlets and gaining more information about the story in question. An example of this would be the
Bias through placement is when people associate the order of news stories with importance. An example of this would be the front page of a newspaper- people tend to view these stories as more significant or important. News broadcasters also do this when they order their stories in terms of how many views they think it will get, so they place the most interesting at the beginning to get the most views, then leave the less appealing for later. An example would be the story on the reduction of benefits in England, being placed first in a broadcast and then a story on the 100th anniversary of compulsory Army registering being placed last.
Bias by headline is the fact that headlines are often bold and in big font to grab the attention of the reader as well as sometimes being misleading to falsely entice them to continue reading, even though the story isn't necessarily what they made it out to be. An example of this would be a story that happened in October of 2014, where a news outlet gave the headline 'Israeli police shoot man in east Jerusalem' which lead readers to believe it was a hate crime of sorts, whereas the real story was that the man that had been shot had injured 9 pedestrians and killed a baby with his car.
Bias by shot selection and camera angles is where images can make a person look a certain way, such as being beautiful, ugly, stupid or unfit. This happens all the time in news with celebrities, politicians and criminals. An example of this would be the picture of Ed Miliband eating a sandwich and not pulling the most attractive face in the process. This gives us the impression he isn't the best leader for Britain and makes us view him as unfit and ugly.
Bias through use of names and titles is the news' use of labels and titles to describe people or places. People can be given names to make the audience make an opinion on them, such as Micheal Jackson was named the 'King of Pop' when he was alive and was continued to be referred to as this by the news when his last album was released, because he dominated the music industry for years making him very important and popular like a king and is respected even after death.
Bias through language is when the news influences people through the use of positive or negative words with a certain meaning, as well as the tone in which a newscaster uses when saying certain words. Criminals and their actions are often described as 'terrible', 'disgusting' or 'sickening' whereas sports personalities or events are described as 'spectacular', 'thrilling' or 'inspiring'- these make the audience feel a certain way about the person or place being described, whether it be positive, negative or somewhere inbetween.
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