Informing a Distracted Audience: News Narratives in Breakfast Television
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.................................................................................................................. ii Acknowledgements ................................................................................................. iv Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1 The Case of Breakfast Television .............................................................. 2 Research Question and Chapter Breakdown .............................................. 5 Methodology ............................................................................................. 6 Research Significance ............................................................................... 8 Chapter One: Literature Review ..............................................................................10 Entertainment and Television News .........................................................10 „Objectivity‟ in Journalism .......................................................................13 Narrative Theory and News ......................................................................14 Understanding Television .........................................................................19 Breakfast Television .................................................................................21 Conclusion ...............................................................................................23 Chapter Two: Analysis of Sunrise and Today News Bulletins .................................24 The Dominance of Traditional News Conventions ....................................26 Inverted Pyramid .......................................................................26 List ............................................................................................33 Headline ....................................................................................34 Visual Construction ...................................................................35 Non-traditional News Features .................................................................37 Announcing the News ...............................................................37 The Partial Presenter .................................................................39 Non-traditional News Structures ................................................42 Newsreader Presentation ...........................................................47 Conclusion ...............................................................................................50 Chapter Three: Discussion and Conclusion .............................................................51 The Comprehensive and „Objective‟ Narrative .........................................52 Entertaining the Audience ........................................................................55 Conclusion ...............................................................................................59 Appendices: ............................................................................................................63
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تاریخ انتشار 2007