Media Studies 2010 period 5 class
We will compare the coverage of news in different countries and different
media.
You are assigned the following newspapers and TV channels. Please read
the newspapers for the day you are assigned (at any time) and watch the
news. If you have a choice of bulletins, please listen to a late evening
one. Detailed information about what to do is given after the list.
Sunday (Japan time)
| NHK late evening news | Channel 4 News (UK) (Click "Channel 4 News catch up" on the right and watch the bulletin for the date you have been assigned.) | |
| 日本テレビ late evening news | RTE News (Eire PBS) (click "Nine News" for the appropriate date) | |
| TBS late evening news | ABC World News with Diane Sawyer (available as a podcast from iTunes) | |
| フジテレビ late evening news | NBC Today Show (available as a podcast from iTunes) | |
| テレビ朝日late evening news | CBS Evening News (US) (This should take you to the most recent broadcast. If not, you should find the correct date on the right.) | |
| テレビ東京late evening news | Channel 4 News (UK) (Click "Watch This Programme" on the right; watch all the parts.) | |
| a local channel late evening news (e.g. TVK) | RTE News (Eire PBS) (click "Nine News" for the appropriate date) | |
| NHK late evening news | ABC World News with Diane Sawyer (available as a podcast from iTunes) |
Monday 29 November (Japan time)
| NHK late evening news | Channel 4 News (UK) (Click "Channel 4 News catch up" on the right and watch the bulletin for the date you have been assigned.) | |
| 日本テレビ late evening news | RTE News (Eire PBS) (click "Nine News" for the appropriate date) | |
| TBS late evening news | ABC World News with Diane Sawyer (available as a podcast from iTunes) | |
| フジテレビ late evening news | NBC Today Show (available as a podcast from iTunes) | |
| テレビ朝日late evening news | CBS Evening News (US) (This should take you to the most recent broadcast. If not, you should find the correct date on the right.) | |
| テレビ東京late evening news | Channel 4 News (UK) (Click "Channel 4 News catch up" on the right and watch the bulletin for the date you have been assigned.) | |
| a local channel late evening news (e.g. TVK) | RTE News (Eire PBS) (click "Nine News" for the appropriate date) | |
| NHK late evening news | ABC World News with Diane Sawyer (available as a podcast from iTunes) | |
| 日本テレビ late evening news | NBC Today Show (available as a podcast from iTunes) |
It will probably help you to understand the English language news bulletin if you know the main world stories for the day. If the Japanese news bulletin does not contain very much non-Japanese news, read a Japanese newspaper. You could also look at the online edition of an English-language newspaper such as The Guardian or The Washington Post.
Note each item that is covered in the bulletin, the order, and the approximate
length. In addition, note:
1. The type of news (positive/negative/neither + one or two key words,
such as "economic development", "war" etc., so that
we can easily compare the different newspapers/television channels..
2. Why each item has been chosen (for example, see p. 139 of the textbook).
3. Note the images and sounds that are used. What do they show? Where is
the viewer positioned? etc.
In the case of foreign news, please also note the name of the country/countries
involved. Is the overall effect negative/positive or neither? (Are images/locations
ever used just because television needs to show images rather than because
they are necessary to the news item?)
(If you have time, please look at the top page of the online edition of
The Guardian or The Washington Post and list the stories that are mentioned there according to 1. and 2. above.
It would also be interesting if you thought about the similarities/differences
between television and newspaper news. How are the newspaper pages/television
studios/websites designed? What strong/weak points do the different media
have? How are they trying to compete with each other?
In class (), we will bring the information together, so please make sure that your information is well organized. We will look at differences/similarities in the coverage of news in different countries and media, and discuss the implications of what we have discovered.