TV news research

           TV NEWS RESEARCH

 1) The key information about the programme:

• Channel 4 UK
• Throughout the week between 6 and 7 pm
• Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Cathy Newman
• between 650,00 and 700,000 views a year
• international emmy award for news 2002 and 2013,British academy television award for best news coverage 1997 and 1993
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2) The institution behind the programme – this is usually the TV channel it is broadcast on.                                                                                                    

• Channel 4 news was launched on November 2nd 1982
• Channel 4 is a publicly owned commercially funded broad cast service
• The channel is famous for showing shows such as, Big brother, Educating Yorkshire and One born every minute
• Channel 4 won a fierce bidding war to air The Simpsons in 2002, with a deal worth £70,000 per episode

2) The target audience –if you can’t find the official target audience for the programme, make an educated guess based on the rest of your research. Remember: % gender, age range, social class, level of education. Job/earnings etc.

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 This programmes target audience ranges from 16 years to over 55 years old. With the majority being those over 55.

        The programmes target audience according to social class range from upper class to unskilled, channel 4 news viewers are mainly upper class.

   

The programmes target audience is both male and female. Channel 4 news viewers are mainly Females

Through all of the data I can gather that Channel 4 news target audience are 55+ upper class females

4) The running order for three separate editions of the programme. Watch at least 20 minutes of the programme on three separate days.

·       Day 1 

1.     Israel and Palestine conflict. 

2.     MH17 victims’ bodies arrive in Netherlands.

3.     Metropolitan police spy on victims’ families.

4.     Commonwealth games ceremony.

I think that the editors put these stories in this particular order due to the information that and the most important.

·       Day 2

1.     Israel and Palestine conflict cause an American soldier to dies fighting for Israel.

2.     Metropolitan police deny spying on victims but admit to gathering information without the victims’ families’ knowledge on 18 different cases.

3.     Europe struggle to agree on sanctions for Russia.

4.     Barrack Obama declares urgent humanitarian situation in Mexico.

The editors this time around put the stories in order of most relevant and the ones with the information.

·       Day 4

1. Gaza conflict continues with no let-up of the attacks.

2. Britain’s economy is now bigger then it was at the beginning of the financial crisis.

3. Ed milliband says “If you want a politician from central casting, vote for the other guys.

4. Global hunt for Vladimir Putin’s daughters continues in surrey.

The editors arranged the stories in order of the most popular and breaking news to the stories with less relevance and information.

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