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“…all television, factual as well as fictional, aspires towards the condition of entertainment” – How does this apply to television news?
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"...all television, factual as well as fictional, aspires towards the condition of entertainment" - How does this apply to television news? Television has always held the responsibility of being informative, educational and entertaining, ever since its conception in the halcyon days of Lord Reith. But to what extent do these factors link with one another? Is it possible to produce a programme, news or otherwise, that is informative and educational that still maintains audience share without employing methods of entertainment? It seems that indeed all programmes do contain elements of the three factors listed above, the news being no exception. In this essay I will distinguish the techniques used to make television news more entertaining, and why they are necessary, with references to specific examples of media texts. Initially it is important to distinguish exactly what motives the audience have for obtaining information and why they choose to do...
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