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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