Overview of some issues and debates surrounding TV News

1. TV NEWS
ISSUES & DEBATES
REGULATION & ETHICS
24 HOUR NEWS
CITIZEN JOURNALISM
NEWS AS ENTERTAINMENT

2. NEWS: REGULATION & ETHICS
 Libel law (Slander)
 Super Injunctions (Gagging order)
 Copyright
 National Security Issues
 Ethics and Representation (Bias)
 Sponsorship, presenters & adverts
 OFCOM, BBC etc
 Newswatch BBC NEWSWATCH

3. NEWS: 24 HOUR NEWS
 24 Hour News Stations
 Digital Age
 Rolling News BREAKING NEWS
 News feeds to PDA
 Web News Channels and Feeds
 Multi cross-media platforms
 Portable satellite technology. On the spot
broadcasts as news happens

4. NEWS: NEWS AS ENTERTAINMENT
 Attractive “young” presenters/reporters. Ageism,
“trout or talent”? Serious money
 Micro News: 90 sec on BBC3
 Dumbing down of serious news
 News as Soap. Regularity, characters, familiar,
settings, ongoing stories & issues returned to
 Current affairs dumbed down
 Presenters as news and making the news
 Pro’s and Cons of the above!

5. NEWS: CITIZEN JOURNALISM
 News stories otherwise not available?
 Can be from bias sources/activists?
 General public perspective on stories?
 Untrained to interpret the news?
 News Programmes inviting audience
stories footage etc. Convergence.
 Pro’s and Cons Debate + EXAMPLES

6. NEWS: CITIZEN JOURNALISM
 News stories otherwise not available?
 Can be from bias sources/activists?
 General public perspective on stories?
 Untrained to interpret the news?
 News Programmes inviting audience
stories footage etc. Convergence.
 Pro’s and Cons Debate + EXAMPLES