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Television News

Television News. What is New Media’s impact on Television News?. Past. Technologies -Color TV -Videotape -Satellite -CNN -Internet. Color TV. 1953 – Color TV underway Original cost: $1,000 in 1954 = $6,849 in 2003 Color images gave public a sense of emotion. Videotape.

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Television News

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  1. Television News What is New Media’s impact on Television News?

  2. Past • Technologies -Color TV -Videotape -Satellite -CNN -Internet

  3. Color TV • 1953 – Color TV underway • Original cost: $1,000 in 1954 = $6,849 in 2003 • Color images gave public a sense of emotion

  4. Videotape • Invented in 1956 • Recorded newscasts • Allowed tape delay

  5. SATELLITES • First satellite was Telestar – 1962 • Enabled “live news” • Transmit information across the country

  6. CNN • Began the “24-hour” news trend • CNN was unorthodox • Used satellites for newscasts

  7. Internet • Became popular in the 1990s • Allowed access to information difficult to find • Could be a major threat to television news

  8. The Present • Format changes • Ethical Issues • Digital Divide

  9. Format Changes • “Going Live” • More emphasis on immediacy • More emphasis on interactivity

  10. Ethical Issues • Entertainment News • Digital Pictures • Less Accuracy

  11. Digital Divide • Gap between haves and have-nots • More television stations are going digital • Cause: Not lack of access, but lack of knowledge

  12. The Future • More Interactivity • Sense of arrogance • Possible Elimination

  13. More Interactivity • Before a one-way type of interaction • News stations realize that new technology is taking over • Interactivity is a way to stay alive

  14. Arrogance • Harder for older generations to learn new media • Refusal to learn new technologies • On-air personalities have ego – they don’t need to learn

  15. Possible Elimination • Everything is going digital • Internet is capable of broadcasting news • Why would anyone watch television?

  16. Conclusion How has new technology changed TV news? • Format changes -More immediacy -More interactivity

  17. Conclusion (cont) • Ethics changes -Less accuracy -Entertainment news

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