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How do audiences use the news?
Media Studies: Uses and gratifications theory in action
What TV news programmes do you watch regularly?
(e.g. BBC News, Channel 4 News, Fox News, ITV News)
| Channel 4 News, BBC News (by Anon) |
| BBC and ITV (by Anon) |
| Sky sports news, ITV news (by Anon) |
| not really many sky (by Anon) |
| BBC News, Channel 5 short news, (by James) |
| BBC News, ITV (by Anon) |
| BBC News (by Anon) |
| NY1 (by Anon) |
| news tonight on ITV (by Anon) |
| Channel 4 News, BBC News (by Natasha) |
| One News (TV1 in NZ TV) (by Anon) |
| none (by Anon) |
| BBC News, Channel 4 News, Points West. (by Joe) |
| TODAY (by GLENEAL) |
| itv news (by Anon) |
| bbc news, channel 4, Al Jazzera,channel 5, cbbc news (by ttobie) |
| BBC News, Channel 4 news (by Phil) |
| bbcnews (by davina) |
What is your favourite TV news programme?
| Channel 4 News (by Anon) |
| Points West (by Anon) |
| Sky sports news (by Anon) |
| peep show (by Anon) |
| BBC news (by James) |
| Don't have one. (by Anon) |
| BBC 6pm News (by Anon) |
| NY1 News All Morning (by Anon) |
| ??
BBC i guess (by Anon) |
| Channel 4 News and BBC Newsnight (by Natasha) |
| none (by Anon) |
| n/a (by Anon) |
| BBC News (by Joe) |
| MSNBC (by GLENEAL) |
| trevor mcdonald (by Anon) |
| CBBC newsround all the way (by ttobie) |
| Channel 4 news (by Phil) |
| central news (by davina) |
Why is that? (e.g. Editorial quality, (in)partiality, graphics, overall look, presenters, style of reporting)
| Editorial quality, style of reporting. (by Anon) |
| Easy to understand (by Anon) |
| its sport (by Anon) |
| funny (by Anon) |
| Most convieniently timed, and usually well presented (by James) |
| They're all quite similar. (by Anon) |
| It's at a good time. Quite easy to understand, and the presenters are nice. (by Anon) |
| They present the news I like to hear. (by Anon) |
| no reason (by Anon) |
| Channel 4 News - all the above - relative impartiality, Jon Snow's dry sense of humour mixed with his humanity & intelligence.
BBC Newsnight - editorial depth, on the spot/in the flesh interviews challenging individuals at the heart of stories; provocative, informative detail. (by Natasha) |
| Because they're boring. The only thing I like to watch is what's going on in other coutries, and stuff in NZ, not political, weather or sports (definately not sport) (by Anon) |
| n/a (by Anon) |
| No idea (by Joe) |
| they make it interesting (by Anon) |
| easy to understand, dumbed down,presenters,lots of pictures (by ttobie) |
| More balanced, impartial, serious (by Phil) |
| local issues (by davina) |
Do you ever watch news to divert your attention from your everyday routines?
Do you ever watch news to make sure you're 'informed' and up-to-date, inline with other people.
Do you ever watch news to explore or reinforce your own values? (i.e. by comparison with other peoples)
Do you ever watch the news just to keep an eye on what's going on in the world?
Do you have anything else to say about how you consume TV news?
| Irregularly thanks to the internet. (by Anon) |
| often force because its what it on in the lounge (by Anon) |
| sligtly infrequent basis, when i have nothing better to be doing, and allways in the evenig news programs 10pm or later (by James) |
| Usually while doing other things. (by Anon) |
| not really (by Anon) |
| It's not always consistent - I haven't watched the news at all during half term! Naughty Media Studies teacher ;-[ (by Natasha) |
| Nope, just that it's pretty pointless, My dad likes to watch it every night, but I don't see a point why. (by Anon) |
| I get my tv news secondhand via the internet. (by Anon) |
| It's not really that great. I check the web normally. (by Joe) |
| consume as in eat? umm it dnt taste to go the news i shood think (by ttobie) |
| i also use teletext (by davina) |
