Values and Choices in Television Discourse

The high-pressured, fast-paced environment of television production leaves little time for producers to reflect on how the potentialities of texts and images will be interpreted outside of the immediate broadcast imperatives. This volume brings together the producers and analysts of television in a formal and productive way.

Autorentext
Monika Bednarek, University of Sydney, Australia Catriona Bonfiglioli, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Hilary Bruffell, Communications Consultant Anne Caborn Communications Consultant Helen Caple, University of New South Wales, Australia Luke Chilton, This Morning , UK Martin Daubney, journalist, UK Harry Duffin, author and scriptwriter,UK Alison Duguid, University of Siena, Italy Jan Euden, Reeljem Productions, UK Louann Haarman, University of Bologna, Italy Peter Hamilton, documentary consultant, US Clive Jones, DEC, UK Scott Koga-Browes, Ritsumeikan University, Japan Olivia Lichtenstein, documentary maker, UK Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, Swansea University, UK Cathy Newman, C4, UK Roberta Piazza, University of Sussex, UK Karen Ross, Shine TV, UK Mick Sawyer, Reeljem Productions, UK Anya Sitaram, Rockhopper TV, UK Jon Snow, C4, UK Doug Wood, Shine TV, UK.

Inhalt
PART I
Introduction to Part I - The Analysis of the Television Product; Roberta Piazza and Louann Haarman

1. Promotional Videos: What Do They Tell Us About the Value of News?; Monika Bednarek and Helen Caple
2. Evaluation as Positioning in English Language World News Channels; Alison Duguid
3. Overweight and Obesity in Television News; Catriona Bonfiglioli
4. Camera Angles in Television News: Designed to Communicate?; Scott Koga-Browes
5. The Representation of Travellers in Television Documentaries: Dispelling Stigma While Dealing with Infotainment Demands; Roberta Piazza
6. Television, Collective Memory and the Commemoration Cure; Nuria Lorenzo-Dus
7. MasterChef: Cooking Competition across Cultures; Louann Haarman
   PART II
   Introduction to Part II - What''s Behind the Screen?; Hilary Bruffell and Anne Caborn
8. What Makes the News Newsworthy: Position and Priority as Considerations in the Channel 4 News Room: Jon Snow, C4
9. News as Political Commitment and Observations on Obesity; Cathy Newman, C4
10. How Audiences Shape News Angles; Luke Chilton, News Desk, This Morning
11. It''s Not a Disaster if it Doesn''t Make the News - The Critical Nature of News Positioning; Clive Jones, DEC
12. Commercial Imperatives and their Impact on the Values of the Contemporary Documentary and Reality Formats;Peter Hamilton, documentary consultant
13. Documentary Making - A Commercial and Public Broadcaster Perspective;Olivia Lichtenstein, documentary maker
14. Competition and Cookery in a Global Cultural Format;Karen Ross and Doug Wood of Shine TV
15. The Morals of the Money Shot - The Journalistic and Personal Perspective on Creating a Porn Documentary for Channel 4; Martin Daubney, journalist
16. Authenticity in Documentary Making;Anya Sitaram, Rockhopper TV
17. Documentary and Reality TV as Modern Fairytales - An Odyssey in Character, Content and Commissioning;Jan Euden and Mick Sawyer, Reeljem Productions
18. TheInterplay between Conflict and Character in Drama and its Possible Influences on the Construction of Reality Programming; Harry Duffin, author and scriptwriter