Rebecca Barnard BTEC Media (1)

News programmes have many different tricks to both knowingly and subconsciously connote truth, reality and un-biased delivery to their audiences, especially through their opening sequences. A combination of transparent graphics and visuals of the newsroom studios are favoured concepts many popular news programmes adopt to enforce this. For a more in depth analysis of this, see my previous blog post dedicated to the connotations of truth during opening sequences - http://rebeccabarnardbtecmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/connotations-of-news-starting-sequences.html Apart from attempting to enforce a feeling of neutrality to their audiences, it is actually required by law and ensured by OFCOM that television news is impartial. Here is a link to the official OFCOM website outlining section 2: Accuracy and Impartiality - https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-codes/legacy/text_srvcs/part_a/89248 Here is what the OFCOM Accuracy and Impartiality requirements en...

News programmes aim to broadcast/publish newly received or noteworthy information, particularly about recent events, and claim to be the most unbiased source. There are many different ways that news programmes try to promote their impartiality, and these can primarily be found during their opening sequences. By initiating their neutrality from the beginning, an implied trust towards and from the viewers is created.  A few of the ways news programmes connote urgency, importance and neutrality during their opening sequences are; Transparency This is a common and popular trait favoured by news programmes and can be found in many places of the opening sequence. There are many ways it can be shown, and this element is important to ensure the viewers that the information they are receiving is the complete truth, and that none of it has been hidden or changed. Often transparent text and graphics are used to imply this, but another subtle way is to display the newsroom set. I...