Introduction to Televisionand TV News

Lecture #4

15 October 2012

Kevin Sites

Housekeeping

• All Research Topics In/Approved?

• Week of October 22nd (no tutorial

meetings)

• First Hour: Lecture

• Second Hour: Case Study-Julian

Assange, Wikileaks

• The Origin of Television News• Lowell Thomas hosted the first-ever

news broadcast on television in 1930 and the first regularly scheduled television-news broadcast in 1940.

TV News Pioneer Edward R. Murrow

“See it Now”

Report on Senator Joe McCarthy

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1065699n

“That’s the Way It Is.”Walter Cronkite & The War in Vietnam

“That’s the Way It Is.”Walter Cronkite & The War in Vietnam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn4w-ud-TyE

Expansion of the Evening News: The Era of the Anchor

Cable News:The Birth of the 24 Hour News Cycle

Case Study:Julian Assange and Wikileaks

Introduction

The Brief:Julian Assange and Wikileaks as Portrayed in Television News & Video• The Controversy• The Arguments

Hero or ….

Villain?As Portrayed in TV New/Video

Wrap up & Reminders

• Tutorials:

Critique Video Coverage of

Malala Yousafzai Case