British Radio and

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Television News
Unit 6 – Media Issues and
Debates
 Exam Dates
• AS
• 2732 Audience & Institutions: Wed 16 Jan,
13.15-14.15, G5
• A2
• 2734 Critical Research: Tuesday 22
January, 13.15-15.15, G5
Remember, other topics in this unit
are:

• Gender and Magazines

• British Film Since 1990
• One 2 hour exam in June
• One question on each topic
• Ignore questions on other topics
we haven’t studied!!
How does this topic relate
to key concepts in Media
Studies?
 Genre:
• News is a genre
• Several sub-genres
• TV, radio, local,
national,
international, global
• Different styles
within these
categories
• Study the varying
conventions of each
Narrative:
• It isn’t fiction but it
still requires
storytelling

• News has characters,

conflict,
disequilibrium,
resolution etc

• Try applying
narrative theories to
one news story for
Representation
• How people are
represented tells
us about our
culture and
society
• Often differences
between local and
national
representations
Audience:
• the way news
stories are
selected,
constructed and
presented varies
depending on
broadcasters’
assumptions
about their
audience
 Ideology:
• News values inform
the process by which
events are reported
• Values relate to the
dominant ideas of
the culture in which
they circulate
• Issues of freedom,
control, bias and
public interest lie
behind the study of
news
 News Teams
• Team 1 – Natalie, Katie H, Andy
• Team 2 –Jess, Emily, Darren
• Team 3 – David, Louise, Ben
• Team 4 – Rob, Katie A, Becky
 Think about…
• Name of TV News show
• Different roles –
anchorman, co-host,
special correspondent etc
• Media language