Comparison of TV news programmes

Media play an important role in young people’s everyday life and influence their perception of life. In this context, especially the presentation of news on TV can affect pupils' opinions. This kit provides ideas on how to compare TV news programmes on national channels in the participating countries. Pupils will most probably come up with interesting findings on how the same events are presented, highlighted or even just not mentioned, in different countries.

Age group: 16 – 19 years

Duration: Half a school year

ICT tools: e-mail, presentation tools, photos, chat, video (conference), shared file archive, poll, gallery

Subject: Art

Theme: Media

Pedagogical value:

The activity helps improve pupils’ awareness of the presentation of news on TV. They gain a better understanding of the means which TV producers use to keep their audience interested. They will learn about visual and audio effects that more or less unconsciously affect their perception. These skills enable them to be aware of manipulative and persuasive means and to gain a more objective view of the world.

The topic is highly motivating as pupils are asked to do in a group what they do almost everyday at home - watch TV.

Objectives:

Students learn

• About legal issues on broadcasting rights in terms of TV news.
• About film analysis (camera perspectives and movements etc.).
• About general artistic features (use of colour, set up of the news studio etc.).
• How to set up, compare and evaluate objective visual and audio features (outward appearance of news speaker, tone and language used, impact on audience etc.).
• About sharing tasks and working in teams.
• About presenting their results as a team.
• About different ways of presenting news.
  

If you want to know more, click here (EN, pdf).

	Web Editor:	Sylvia Binger

	Published :	31/01/2006

	Last changed :	15/02/2007

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