Basic details
1.
Channel 4 news comes on Mon-Fri at 7pm and runs
for 55mins.
2.
It was first broadcasted in 1982.
3.
They’ve won the international Emmy award for
news in 2014, 2013, 2004; also, British Academy Television Award for Best News
Coverage in 2012, 2004, 1996 and British Academy Television Award for Best News
and Current Affairs Journalism 1994, 1993.
4.
Channel 4
Presenters
1.
The presenters are Jon Snow, Krishnan
Guru-Murthy, Demetria Kalodimos and
Bob Sellers.
2.
Jon Snow is known for wearing bright colours and
this communicates to the audience that they are formal but very relaxed about
things and are more left wing than right.
3.
They do this to target different ethnicities and
to reach out to more people.
4.
The other reporters are used to report other
news stories in other countries.
5.
There is a balance between the presenters have
both male and female and a British Asian presenter as well.
Opening sequence
1.
The very first shot is the main story of the
news on the day.
2.
The presenters stand to try and speak to the
viewer making the news less formal to others.
3.
The music used is dramatic to show that the news
stories used are serious.
4.
They introduce all the stories and also give the
timing of the story so if the audience wanted to view a particular one they can
just go back at that time and watch it.
1.
The audience can see the screens in the studio
and the desk behind the presenters.
2.
The presenters are standing up to communicate to
the audience in a less formal way to other news channels.
3.
The technology is visible and this is done so
the audience can see where the clips from other countries and news stories come
from. It also represents the money that channel 4 get from advertisement being spent on the studio to present the news.
4.
The brand colour of Channel 4 News is purple and
this is displayed in the intro and in the studio.
How news stories are presented
1.
They usually present a story by using videos
from other countries or going under cover and then use the footage taken.
2.
There are interviews that take place when
talking about a story and presenters going to other countries. Channel 4 also
uses video footage of events that have occurred in other countries.
3.
Channel 4 cover news stories to do with other
countries, the Uk, politics and sporting events.
4.
The first way news stories are presented are by
conducting a interview between the presenter and whoever they’re interviewing.
This engages the audience to keep watching as they can get a professional view
on certain topics that someone specialises in. The second way is sending a
presenter to another country and seeing what is going on there. This also makes
the audience want to carry on watching as they can analyse what’s going on in
those countries and how its effecting people.
Audience
1. The audience is between the ages of 18-30.
2. People may choose this over other news channels
as it is unique to others. These are due to the different ways of presenting
news and are challenging people.
3. The ways the audience can get involved is by
posting comments on YouTube or by twitter where they can get their views across
as well.
4. The uses and gratifications, theorised by
Blumler and Katz, for the institution are escapism and surveillance
Institution
- Channel 4 is a publicly owned corporation whose board is appointed by OFCOM
- Channel 4 also own E4, 4 music, 4 more.
- Presents news in a unique way silimar to the channel it's on where programmes that have been on Channel 4 have also been unique compared to channels such as BBC and ITV.
- What role does OFCOM have in making sure TV News is fair and accurate?
TV News and New/Digital Media
- Channel 4 news has a website.
- The website offers news stories for the audience to watch if they've missed out on previous stories.
- Channel 4 news is on twitter.
- Channel 4 news promotes the news promotes news on twitter by showing video clips of news stories.
- The audience are able to hashtag on twitter to get their views across
