TV News: Measure of the Medium

Duration: 0:14:00

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Bailey Film Associates | BFA Educational Media

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Examines through comments by several television newsmen the trust the viewer places in TV news, the background of news gathering, and ways an event can be presented. Discusses sources for news; the attempt to air both sides of a controversial issue; the selectivity of camera angles, graphics, and editing; and distortion by omission as revealed through two versions of the same story. Emphasizes the race against time which determines how many stories and how much of each story can be included on a particular program. , Provides a frame of reference to critical judgment of television news content, and affirms the need to employ many sources of information to be well-informed.

Complete Record: , Examines through comments by several television newsmen the trust the viewer places in TV news, the background of news gathering, and ways an event can be presented. Discusses sources for news; the attempt to air both sides of a controversial issue; the selectivity of camera angles, graphics, and editing; and distortion by omission as revealed through two versions of the same story. Emphasizes the race against time which determines how many stories and how much of each story can be included on a particular program., Provides a frame of reference to critical judgment of television news content, and affirms the need to employ many sources of information to be well-informed.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.