1. Which familiar codes and Comparing one television news
conventions of news are broadcast with one radio news
used in both or one of the broadcast
broadcast? If there are how the content/form of how the
any clear difference how your news broadcast broadcast
do you explain it? influenced by adapts to
institutional regulations each
What are some of the platform
similarities and and the way in which your
station is funded (i.e. radio
differences in how each or TV news)
broadcast tries to appeal How are people, places or
to its target audience and events represented in
meets their needs? both broadcast? And how
Compare the presentation far do you believe these
and ordering of news items representation are
how does it match the influenced by audience
profile of the target demographics (profiling)
Comparing both broadcast, how
audience? And the values/
effective do you believe each to be
marketing interest of the
in appealing to it’s target
institution
audiences in terms of it’s content
Thinking about news values,
and presentation? Give your reasons
what types of news stories
have been selected and why?
If there are any obvious What news biases are clearly
differences in selection or obvious in both or one of the
treatment of items and if so broadcast, and why do you think
that is?