Slogans of Change : Three Outlooks on Finnish Television

The study Slogans of Change. Three Outlooks on Finnish Television Contents is concerned with alleged changes of television contents during the 1990s and 2000s, such as dumbing down, tabloidisation, entertainisation , and the like. Specifically, the focus is on the ways these changes might manifest in Finnish television. The aim of the study has been threefold: 1. To operationalise public and academic discussions about changes via specific slogans emerging from the debates; 2. Consequently, to study the slogans empirically and reflect on the findings with earlier research, including studies on institutional and audience-related aspects; 3. Finally, to suggest what the findings might mean regarding discussions about television s role, and what kinds of slogans or concepts might best serve future discussions and research. The empirical outlooks presented in this study offer analyses with three different sets of opposing slogans of change. The outlooks also follow three different traditions of the study of television. The first outlook focuses on quantity, as it gives a longitudinal (1993-2004), macro-level view on programme structures. The methodological approach is derived from media economic and policy studies. The claims that frame the analysis are convergence versus diversification of programme structures. The second outlook provides quantitative and qualitative views on the characteristics and quality  the term signifying essence as well as worth  of Finnish television journalism during sample weeks from the years 2002 and 2003. This outlook follows the traditions of quantitative content analysis found in journalism studies coupled with descriptive qualitative content analyses. The slogans reflected in this section are the lightening or widening of journalism. The third outlook narrows down the material and focuses at a micro-level on form; that is, communicative conventions in a small array of selected programmes in 1993, 2000 and during 2002-2004. The analyses have been inspired by the method of conversation analysis of verbal interaction, and coupled with qualitative close readings, with the focus of different communicative situations in the programmes. The catchphrases employed in this part are emotainment versus democratainment, coupled with more specific claims of discursive hybridisation and conversationalisation. The findings depict that, empirically, changes in Finnish television contents are not clear linear trends and cannot easily be moulded into neat slogans. The quantitative outlook on programme output during 1993-2004 depicts a tendency towards differentiation of channels, paving the way for the multi-channel digital system. The change in programme structures, however, is not dramatic on the level of total output. The second outlook suggests that the dualistic concepts, such as the pair information-entertainment, are not sufficient in understanding the array and changes of programmes that could be called journalism. The outlook on communicative conventions highlights hybridisation in the manner of television talk and its relation to broader debates on contents. Despite the three dissimilar empirical approaches, unifying aspects emerge. The outlooks suggest, albeit in different ways, tendencies toward distinction and polarisation. This study proposes that in order to facilitate a more nuanced understanding of the changes in television contents, dualistic slogans should be replaced with a multi-dimensional understanding of the concept of diversity.

Waking up with friends : breakfast news, Sunrise and the "televisual sphere"

This paper examines the Australian breakfast news program Sunrise. By drawing on interviews with both viewers and producers, as well as selected textual analysis, it examines the show, how it is "used" as a news source, and explores its role within the audience’s morning routines. By viewing the show as a part of what Baym has termed the "Televisual Sphere", it will argue against the common discourse that the program has simply followed a populist style in pursuit of higher ratings. Because of its success in communicating and connecting with viewers, it may be more constructive to consider Sunrise a very effective form of journalism which has been at the forefront of the recent trend towards increased levels of viewer input in television journalism.

Entertainment industries at university : designing a curriculum

Universities have not traditionally trained students to work as producers in the entertainment industries. This key entertainment role involves balancing creativity, business and legal skills in order to generate and run entertainment projects. Queensland University of Technology has recently introduced a program to train students for these jobs. The program is interdisciplinary, drawing on expertise from the Creative Industries, Law and Business faculties. This Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) article details the course learning outcomes developed from extensive industry and academic consultation, and addresses some of the difficulties involved in developing such an interdisciplinary teaching program.

O binómio jornalista-editor de imagem na produção noticiosa televisiva: causas e consequências

Na era da convergência jornalística, as redações televisivas estão, ainda, a passar por diversos processos de transformações. Centrando esta problemáti-ca nos telejornalistas, verifica-se uma tendência crescente para que estes de-sempenhem funções e/ou tarefas que ainda há muito pouco tempo eram exe-cutadas por outros profissionais da informação televisiva. Esta agregação fun-cional verifica-se, nomeadamente, ao nível da edição de imagem de conteúdos noticiosos a serem transmitidos pela televisão. Neste contexto, na presente tese de doutoramento pretende-se, em termos gerais, apurar e compreender as causas e as consequências de serem os próprios jornalistas televisivos a desempenhar a edição de imagem de conteúdos noticiosos transmitidos pela televisão. Para isso, foi desenvolvida uma investigação empírica, tendo como campos de estudo as redações centrais da SIC e da TVI. Tal como o trabalho de campo permitiu concluir, os diversos fundamen-tos desta dinâmica são, de certa forma, incontornáveis. Contudo, esta investi-gação pretende também contribuir para que se reúnam as condições, ao nível da oferta formativa, que tornem as respetivas consequências consonantes com uma evolução profícua da atividade jornalística.

Jornalismo televisivo de ciência e ambiente: O caso dos telejornais de Domingo da SIC

O jornalismo de ciência e de ambiente é um campo pouco estudado em Portugal. Esta investigação apresenta-se com o objetivo de compreender e caracterizar a mediatização de temas científicos e ambientais, tendo como ponto de partida os telejornais de Domingo da Sociedade Independente de Comunicação (SIC). Procurou-se essencialmente perceber qual a representatividade destes temas nos telejornais através da análise dos alinhamentos, bem como o destaque, o género jornalístico predominante e o tipo de jornalistas que realizam peças sobre as temáticas em estudo. O presente relatório resulta e reflete uma experiência pessoal acumulada durante um estágio, com a duração de seis meses, na redação da SIC, do qual resultaram também conclusões pertinentes através da observação participante.

Comunicação nas organizações e tácticas de socialização : o caso dos estagiários de jornalismo televisivo

A presente investigação trata um tema muito discutido hoje em dia nos meios da comunicação social em Portugal, mas que se relaciona com uma problemática mais ampla de comunicação nas organizações: a integração dos estagiários de jornalismo nas estruturas redactoriais. Vários autores como Sara Meireles Graça, Paulo Faustino e José Luís Garcia têm-se debruçado sobre o problema do “corrupio” de jornalistas estagiários nas redacções e sobre outro tema muito controverso, directamente relacionado, que é o “trabalho escravo” no jornalismo (Garcia et. al., 2009, p. 147). Pretendemos aprofundar estas questões, averiguando a sua dimensão e qual o interesse das empresas neste e noutros processos de recrutamento e integração organizacional, assim como o que pensam sobre tudo isto os estagiários e outros intervenientes. O estudo terá como objecto as três estações generalistas de televisão em Portugal. A pesquisa empírica desenvolveu-se nestas três estações de televisão que, salvaguardando as suas particularidades, foram tomadas como organizações-exemplo para a análise dos processos de integração e socialização organizacional. Realizámos um estudo longitudinal com base numa metodologia de cariz qualitativo a partir do olhar, nomeadamente, dos responsáveis pelos estágios nas redacções e dos estagiários, que são os principais atores neste processo. Os resultados apontam para a existência em algumas televisões, de estagiários curriculares a desempenhar funções como se de jornalistas profissionais se tratassem. Em relação a este tema, também existem divergências de opinião entre as entidades que regulam a profissão e as que representam as televisões. Quanto às tácticas de socialização, as televisões conseguem formar profissionais autónomos, apesar da existência de alguns casos de insatisfação e desinvestimento por parte de estagiários.

Casal nacional: significações do corpo e do figurino no telejornalismo

The main objective of this study is to investigate the meanings of body and costume as essential components of television journalists aesthetic discourse, as exemplified by the presenters of Jornal Nacional, from Rede Globo. The study is inspired on the paths proposed by semiotics, and combines this approach with other techniques of scientific investigation to identify the meanings of this non-verbal communication form. For that, this work uses the concept of communication proposed by the Palo Alto School s authors, more specifically the concept of Watzlawick et al. (2005), which understands communication like relation and inherent of human beings. The precepts of complex thought and the hologramatic principle of Morin (1990), which value the union and the need to connect the knowledge of elements or parts to that of the systems these parts constitute, is also present in the thinking that guides the work. Throughout the chapters, we elucidate our understanding of body and television as media, and fashion and television journalism as languages. This work approaches a televisual history of Jornal Nacional in order to better understand the aesthetic proposed by television news over time, its presenters and costumes. The elements that are part of the televisual language s expression and content are addressed so that we can better understand the importance of body and presenters costume in this context. Finally, we conduct an analysis of the meanings of television journalism presenters body and costume through their stereotypes, their integration into the fashion cycle and also into the televisual analysis of the most important costume elements of Jornal Nacional s presenter couple: colors, models and accessories. We thus seek to strengthen the understanding of the wardrobe inseparable from the body as communication and detail some of their production understanding processes. The women historical role in brazilian television journalism, as well as masculinization of TV journalism environment are important elements to contextualize televisual language thinking in contemporary society. The investigation covers the origins, concepts, proposals, stereotypes, prejudices, reproductions, naturalizations and reinterpretation of the body and the costume of the presenters through time and the relationship between body, fashion and communication

Mídia e gênero: análise crítica da violência contra a mulher no telejornalismo

This thesis is consisted of a theoretical and empirical study about the treatment given by media, particularly on telejournalism, to violence against women. It aims to analyze and reflect about the role of media, particularly television, on the process of reproduction of patriarchy system of gender on the context of Brazilian society, from content and narrative news about crimes committed against Andreia Rodrigues and Eliza Samudio. In light of the critical perspective, we seek to apprehend the particularities of patriarchy as a system of domination and subjugation of women, and also reveal the involvement of traditional means of media on reproduction and maintenance of inequality between men and women. To apprehend that reality, we had as guidance a critical social theory, grounded in historical-dialectical materialism which enabled us to apprehend the phenomenon under investigation actually enrolled in a dynamic and contradictory reality. The research had qualitative approach. We appeal to the specialized literature of the area from classical and contemporary authors. We conducted a content analysis of categorized matters, and interviews with individuals involved in issues of gender and / or communication. The critical examination of the matters indicated that television journalism is permeated by the contradictions inherent in social life, means that states and restates the ideology of ruling classes, their values and worldviews, but also express conflicts and social demands. The study revealed that prevails on television playing stereotypes and gender inequalities. We could also see that violence against women gets a sensationalist overblown approach and with no insights on the social relations that determine and base it.

O tempo como notícia e serviço na televisão digital: proposta de produto para televisão universitária UNESP - HD

Pós-graduação em Televisão Digital: Informação e Conhecimento - FAAC

Jornalismo e Infotenimento na Copa do Mundo de 2010: uma análise sobre o Central da Copa

The proposed paper aims to understand and analyze how the sporting television journalism has changed in Brazil, affecting the coverage of major events like the World Cup. The impact of these changes are reflected in the use of interactivity, entertainment and presentation of news, in pictures and on television news programs inserted in Brazilian TV News. Using as an object of study the Central da Copa (presented in 2010), from Globo Television Network the study aims to examine concepts of interactivity, journalistic content and infotainment through Content Analysis and under journalistic theories of optics

Televisão analógica e televisão digital: o futuro do telejornalismo

This study proposes to present the process of implementation of Digital TV, the available resources found in the Japanese standard employed in the country and the form in which news programs will adapt to the new technology. Following the presentation of the technological tools, the current state of Brazilian television is discussed, focusing on two nationally broadcast programs, Jornal da Band on Bandeirantes channel and Jornal da Record on Record channel. As a case study, three editions of each show are evaluated with an individual and comparative analysis. Following the analyses, perspectives on the future of television journalism in the digital TV age are given. Additionally, the possibilities for interaction between the TV viewer and the channel and the forms of interaction that may exist within particular programs are discussed, thus allowing for active participation from the part of the viewer. The newly developed functions of journalists in the digital age are also broken down in the research. In order to gain a full understanding of the phases of this process of technological convergence and how programs will adapt to these tools, interviews with professionals who work in the production of televised news programs are conducted in the study

Telejornalismo na TVD: interatividade e mudanças na rotina da redação

Pós-graduação em Comunicação - FAAC

Gestão de imagens em movimento de matérias jornalísticas em banco de dados na TV Digital

Pós-graduação em Televisão Digital: Informação e Conhecimento - FAAC

A Copa do Mundo de 2010 entre o jornalismo e o entretenimento: uma análise do Central da Copa, da TV Globo

The proposed paper aims to understand and analyze how the sporting television journalism has changed in Brazil, affecting the coverage of major events like the World Cup. The impact of these changes are reflected in the use of interactivity, entertainment and presentation of news, in pictures and on television news programs inserted in Brazilian TV News. The study proposes to analyze, through theories of journalism and content analysis, as two seemingly opposing concepts (journalism and entertainment) were put into perspective by the Central Cup television program, aired during the year 2010 by Globo television, on the occasion of the World Cup in South Africa.

As possibilidades interativas do telejornalismo na TV digital aberta no Brasil

This paper presents proposals for the use of interactivity in the telejournalism in an open television broadcaster and the consequences of this use. The issues raised here go beyond technical issues and also addresses issues of theoretical field. The fundamental purpose of this paper is to present interactive possibilities in television journalism as a way of providing this television format tools to keep up with technological changes in the field of production and sharing news. However, by using these tools, the television news is enabling reversal of two important hypotheses that describe the analog television journalism: Scheduling Hypothesis and the Spiral of Silence. To reach your main goal we used a theoretical framework relevant to the issues addressed here and a survey of some interactive applications for digital television developed specifically for TV newscast. From this instrument, we selected two sets of interactive features that can be employed, in general, newscasts, and how these features relate to the hypotheses of Scheduling and Spiral of Silence.