Today I went to the library to take a look at some books for my digital news essay, so that I could insert some quotes and further information which I hoped would add some legitimacy to my writing. Unfortunately, the library was closed. Instead I decided to use some e-books and well established websites I found online and use them.
One website in particular that I found useful was; http://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidelines/
This site makes careful notes on subjects within news that I am interested in, such as editorial values, integrity in news reporting and accountability when acknowledging journalistic errors. Some interesting points I noted was that on that website the BBC makes sure to outline the fact that they aim to be fair in their reporting, and this is something that I may possibly touch on
in my essay. The subject of "how" the two news broadcast networks are fair in their reporting is something that could make for an interesting discussion.
One particular e-book I found very useful was "Television Journalism" by Stephen Cushion. This book was on the essential reading list for this unit, and so I thought it was definitely worth checking out. One chapter of the book I made sure to carefully read was one entitled "The role of news in television culture". I thought this would provide me with the information I needed for my essay, as in one part fairly early in my essay, I want to outline exactly what news is and how it was established, before introducing my two comparative news broadcast networks.
Another course I came across that I think would be very useful for my case study was the Channel 4s statement of promises, which I found on their website here: http://www.channel4.com/about_c4/promises_2001/promises_intro2.html
In particular the part that I am most interested in using is the quote that Channel 4 aims to: “foster the new and experimental in television. It will encourage pluralism, provide a favoured place for the untried and encourage innovation in style content perspective and talent on and off screen”.
I believe this quotes defines Channel 4s identity very well, and I plan to use it to show how their identity differs from the BBC, who seems to very much stick with what is already established in their programming. I plan to highlight how Channel 4s own personal identity may have influenced certain procedures they took in reporting their news.
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