Genre Analysis

Understanding TelevisionAssignment TwoShane Gladstone
Chose a television genre. Outline its distinguishing characteristics and discuss its place in the medium of television today. Make reference to at least two programmes in your answer.
Selected genre - Television News: The BBC
'From the 1950's onwards numerous surveys of public opinion have demonstrated that the public learns about world news primarily from television.' (Mullan, B 1997:80)
News tells stories. The stories of our society both good and bad and as a television genre it is something we could not live without.…