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TV News:Representation

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+What is representation?

The way in which an institution presents a person, place or thing. In TV news, this could be a group of people, particular places, and different news stories.

+TV News & Representation

Why do you think it’s important that we study it within TV news?

What is a bias?

+Example – Baltimore

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/04/29/watch-a-baltimore-resident-confront-geraldo-riv/203475

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0_SLofDa44

+Case Example – Charlie Hebdo Killings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Laj4x-RipE Sky News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpvz7w6ilNk BBC News

How have the two news institutions represented the story?

What is different?

What is similar?

How is the tone of voice, information, editing and sound different in these clips?

+Your turn In pairs chose one of the stories from the sheet

and decide on how it can be presented. You will write a short script and present it to the class.

You can change how the story is presented by –

Changing your tone of voice

Changing your body language

Changing the order of information

Leaving out information

Focusing on one part of the story and less on another

Adding opinions