Information broadcast

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An information broadcast is a radio or television broadcast that is dedicated to conveying information. The spectrum of information broadcasts on the radio ranges from consumer information to knowledge, political and tabloid magazines to infotainment . The information broadcast is related to the news broadcast , which, however, focuses on conveying current events.

definition

“Media help open up the world. They offer the only possibility of exploring reality in various areas relevant to our lives, just think of political, e.g. federal political information and all events outside of the personal experience. "This information transfer is categorized as the domain of the media area" news and reports " Niklas Luhmann Programs with an informative character.

If a radio broadcast identifies itself as “regular” information, the viewer will perceive the presented content differently than he would in the case of a science fiction film or a commercial. In contrast to advertising or feature films, for example, the content shown in information broadcasts is not fictitious or manipulated, but rather represents real events that they report on.

Whether it is an information broadcast or another format is determined very subjectively by the individual broadcasters. The authors of an analysis of television habits and television reach in 2004 speak of a “generous definition of information broadcasts”. For example, Pro Sieben defined the casting show Popstars as an information broadcast, although from an objective point of view, at most, the presentation of job opportunities and possible career paths of potential pop stars "and - from a medical point of view - its collapse and instability can be seen" can be seen as conveying information, which is marginal in the Compared to the entertainment character of the show. The public broadcasters, however, the classification differs among political talk or information: The first ordered Sabine Christiansen originally as entertainment show one, the ZDF saw Berlin as an information format.

In the area of ​​so-called “ reality TV ”, the boundaries between reality and fiction, information and entertainment are blurred.

Choice of programs

German speaking radio

German speaking television

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eberle, Thomas: Motivation of the television behavior of young people. Basics, behavior analysis, self-assessment and assessment of reality TV. Bad Heilbrunn / Obb., 2000. p. 251
  2. ↑ Niklas Luhmann: The reality of the mass media . 2nd, expanded edition. Opladen, 1996. p. 53.
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Darschin / Heinz Gerhard: TV habits and TV ranges. In: Media Perspektiven 4/2004, p. 148
  4. ↑ Sebastian Döring: Useful value on television. University of Leipzig, 2005.