Television and News
... In America the number of people who get their news through television rises steeply. ... The Roper Organisation discovered in 1984, that 51% got their news trough television, 31% through newspapers and 18% through other sources. 2) TV news conveys ‘a feeling of immediacy with a sense of being “on the spot” and involved in the action. ... 3) The two statements “The big problem is that TV news producers like pictures” (Neil Hickey) (l. ... Because if TV news producers like pictures so much, why are there not many? ... I think, the best way to escape of manipulation and to acquire a certain knowledge is to get your news from all the 3 media. ... Maybe you will understand the news better, because of the pictures, which is, of course, a good thing, but because of the pictures you have to concentrate, and because of that, you haven’t got the time to build your own opinion. ... It’s for sure an advantage that everybody is informed at the same time, but you can see and hear the news on TV only once. Thus, it’s bad luck for you if you don’t understand a word or a sentence, because the news presenter won’t repeat it for you.